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introuvable

French, noun/ɛ̃.tʁu.vabl/

introuvable is spelled I-N-T-R-O-U-V-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Introuvable is a French masculine noun meaning “something unobtainable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does introuvable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unfindable, nowhere to be found

  2. 2

    unobtainable or nonexistent

  3. 3

    elusive, rare

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesomething unobtainable

    chercher l'introuvable

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qu’on ne peut pas trouver.

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 introuvable

  • introuvables plural

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

How do you pronounce introuvable?

  • /ɛ̃.tʁu.vabl/
  • \ɛ̃.tʁu.vabl\

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

English words that translate to introuvable

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

How common is introuvable in French?

introuvable appears 2.5 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).

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