obsolète
French, adjective/ɔp.sɔ.lɛt/
obsolète is spelled O-B-S-O-L-È-T-E (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obsolète is a French adjective meaning “obsolete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est plus utilisé, en parlant d’un mot, d’une locution”.
What does obsolète mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsolete
- 2
deprecated
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est plus utilisé, en parlant d’un mot, d’une locution. 2. Ancien ou suranné ; qui n’est plus utilisé, qui n’a plus cours. 3. Peu apparent ; presque effacé.
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 obsolète
- obsolètes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obsolète?
- /ɔp.sɔ.lɛt/
- \ɔp.sɔ.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obsolète
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obsolète in French?
obsolète appears 2.2 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).