ostentatoire
French, adjective/ɔs.tɑ̃.ta.twaʁ/
ostentatoire is spelled O-S-T-E-N-T-A-T-O-I-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostentatoire is a French adjective meaning “ostentatious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui marque de l’ostentation, en parlant de choses”.
What does ostentatoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ostentatious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui marque de l’ostentation, en parlant de choses. 2. Qui est montré avec insistance et sans discrétion.
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 ostentatoire
- ostentatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostentatoire?
- /ɔs.tɑ̃.ta.twaʁ/
- \ɔs.tɑ̃.ta.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ostentatoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ostentatoire in French?
ostentatoire appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).