incunable
French, noun/ɛ̃.ky.nabl/
incunable is a French masculine noun meaning “incunabulum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Livre imprimé aux débuts de l’imprimerie. Note d’usage : par convention, on considère ainsi les documents…”.
What does incunable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Which dates from the early days of printing
noun
- 1
masculineincunabulum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui date des premiers temps de l’imprimerie.
noun: 1. Livre imprimé aux débuts de l’imprimerie. Note d’usage : par convention, on considère ainsi les documents imprimés avant 1501 ; dans la pratique, on inclut aussi les documents du début du XVIᵉ siècle.
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 incunable
- incunables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incunable?
- /ɛ̃.ky.nabl/
- \ɛ̃.ky.nabl\
- [ɛ̃.ky.nabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is incunable in French?
incunable appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).