paradigme
French, noun/pa.ʁa.diɡm/
paradigme is spelled P-A-R-A-D-I-G-M-E (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paradigme is a French masculine noun meaning “paradigm (pattern, way of doing something; especially pattern of thought, system of beliefs, conceptual framework)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Modèle de déclinaison ou de conjugaison”.
What does paradigme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparadigm (pattern, way of doing something; especially pattern of thought, system of beliefs, conceptual framework)
changement de paradigme
- 2
masculineparadigm (set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Modèle de déclinaison ou de conjugaison. 2. Exemple parfait → voir parangon. 3. Représentation du monde ; manière de voir les choses ; modèle cohérent de pensée, de vision du monde qui repose sur une base définie, sur un système de valeurs. 4. Ensemble d'expériences, de croyances et de valeurs qui influencent la façon dont un individu perçoit la réalité et réagit à cette perception.
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 paradigme
- paradigmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paradigme?
- /pa.ʁa.diɡm/
- \pa.ʁa.diɡm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paradigme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paradigme in French?
paradigme appears 2.8 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).