paradoxe
French, noun
paradoxe is spelled P-A-R-A-D-O-X-E (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paradoxe is a French masculine noun meaning “paradox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, paradoxé is a different word: “past participle of paradoxer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Proposition contraire à l’opinion commune ou à la vraisemblance”.
What does paradoxe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparadox
verb
- 1
past participle of paradoxer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proposition contraire à l’opinion commune ou à la vraisemblance. 2. Proposition qui contient ou implique une contradiction.
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 paradoxe
- paradoxes plural
- paradoxée feminine
- paradoxés masculine plural
- paradoxées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to paradoxe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paradoxe in French?
paradoxe appears 6.5 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).