parasympathique
French, adjective/pa.ʁa.sɛ̃.pa.tik/
parasympathique is spelled P-A-R-A-S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-Q-U-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parasympathique is a French adjective meaning “parasympathetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la partie du système nerveux autonome qui s’oppose aux effets du système nerveux sympathique”.
What does parasympathique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
parasympathetic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la partie du système nerveux autonome qui s’oppose aux effets du système nerveux sympathique.
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 parasympathique
- parasympathiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parasympathique?
- /pa.ʁa.sɛ̃.pa.tik/
- \pa.ʁa.sɛ̃.pa.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parasympathique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parasympathique in French?
parasympathique appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).