paralittérature
French, noun\pa.ʁa.li.te.ʁa.tyʁ\
paralittérature is spelled P-A-R-A-L-I-T-T-É-R-A-T-U-R-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paralittérature is a French feminine noun meaning “paraliterature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Littérature non considérée comme littéraire, comprenant généralement les bandes dessinées, la plupart des…”.
What does paralittérature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparaliterature
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Littérature non considérée comme littéraire, comprenant généralement les bandes dessinées, la plupart des fictions de genre (telles que la fantasy et la science-fiction) et les romans de gare.
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 paralittérature
- paralittératures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paralittérature?
- \pa.ʁa.li.te.ʁa.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paralittérature in French?
paralittérature appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).