parapublic
French, adjective\pa.ʁa.py.blik\
parapublic is spelled P-A-R-A-P-U-B-L-I-C (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parapublic is a French adjective meaning “Having capital in both the public and private sectors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’économie mixte, dont les capitaux appartiennent au secteur public et au secteur privé”.
What does parapublic mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Having capital in both the public and private sectors
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’économie mixte, dont les capitaux appartiennent au secteur public et au secteur privé.
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 parapublic
- parapublique feminine
- parapublics masculine plural
- parapubliques feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parapublic?
- \pa.ʁa.py.blik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parapublic in French?
parapublic appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).