instar
French, noun/ɛ̃s.taʁ/
instar is spelled I-N-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instar is a French noun meaning “only used in à l'instar de (“just like”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utilisé uniquement dans la locution à l’instar de”.
What does instar mean in English?
noun
- 1
only used in à l'instar de (“just like”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utilisé uniquement dans la locution à l’instar de.
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 instar
- instars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instar?
- /ɛ̃s.taʁ/
- \ɛ̃.staʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is instar in French?
instar appears 9.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).