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inconsolable

French, adjective/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sɔ.labl/

inconsolable is spelled I-N-C-O-N-S-O-L-A-B-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inconsolable is a French adjective meaning “inconsolable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une personne que rien ne peut consoler”.

What does inconsolable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    inconsolable

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne que rien ne peut consoler 2. Qualifie l’affliction qu’on ne peut consoler.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of inconsolable

  • inconsolables plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inconsolable?

  • /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sɔ.labl/
  • \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.sɔ.labl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to inconsolable

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inconsolable in French?

inconsolable appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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