métalinguistique
French, adjective/me.ta.lɛ̃.ɡɥis.tik/
métalinguistique is a French adjective meaning “metalinguistic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au métalangage ; se dit d’un discours dont le langage est l’objet”.
What does métalinguistique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
metalinguistic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au métalangage ; se dit d’un discours dont le langage est l’objet.
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 métalinguistique
- métalinguistiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métalinguistique?
- /me.ta.lɛ̃.ɡɥis.tik/
- \me.ta.lɛ̃.ɡɥis.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is métalinguistique in French?
métalinguistique appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).