lamentable
French, adjective/la.mɑ̃.tabl/
lamentable is spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lamentable is a French adjective meaning “lamentable; awful; deplorable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est déplorable ; à propos de quoi on se lamente ou on aurait sujet de se lamenter”.
What does lamentable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lamentable; awful; deplorable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est déplorable ; à propos de quoi on se lamente ou on aurait sujet de se lamenter. 2. Qui inspire la pitié. 3. Qui est très médiocre. 4. Qui tient de la lamentation.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui est pitoyable, qui inspire la compassion.
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 lamentable
- lamentables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lamentable?
- /la.mɑ̃.tabl/
- \la.mɑ̃.tabl\
- [la.mɑ̃.tabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lamentable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lamentable in French?
lamentable appears 3.7 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).