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oppositionnel

French, adjective/ɔ.po.zi.sjɔ.nɛl/

oppositionnel is spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-N-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oppositionnel is a French adjective meaning “oppositional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de manière tranchée opposé (à quelque chose)”.

What does oppositionnel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    oppositional

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est de manière tranchée opposé (à quelque chose). 2. Qui s’oppose systématiquement à toute autorité. 3. Qui est relatif à l’opposition politique, qui appartient à l’opposition politique.

noun: 1. Membre de l’opposition politique.

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 oppositionnel

  • oppositionnelle feminine
  • oppositionnels masculine plural
  • oppositionnelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oppositionnel?

  • /ɔ.po.zi.sjɔ.nɛl/
  • \o.po.zi.sjɔ.nɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is oppositionnel in French?

oppositionnel appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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