lapalissade
French, noun/la.pa.li.sad/
lapalissade is spelled L-A-P-A-L-I-S-S-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lapalissade is a French feminine noun meaning “lapalissade, truism, tautology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chose évidente, tautologique, réflexion niaise ou ridicule tant elle est évidente, et à laquelle vous…”.
What does lapalissade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelapalissade, truism, tautology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chose évidente, tautologique, réflexion niaise ou ridicule tant elle est évidente, et à laquelle vous répondez : « La Palice en aurait dit autant ! »
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 lapalissade
- lapalissades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lapalissade?
- /la.pa.li.sad/
- \la.pa.li.sad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lapalissade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lapalissade in French?
lapalissade appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).