méprisable
French, adjective\me.pʁi.zabl\
méprisable is spelled M-É-P-R-I-S-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méprisable is a French adjective meaning “despicable, contemptible; good-for-nothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est digne de mépris”.
What does méprisable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
despicable, contemptible; good-for-nothing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est digne de mépris. 2. Qui peut être négligé.
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 méprisable
- méprisables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méprisable?
- \me.pʁi.zabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méprisable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méprisable in French?
méprisable appears 1.1 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).