parataxe
French, noun/pa.ʁa.taks/
parataxe is spelled P-A-R-A-T-A-X-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parataxe is a French feminine noun meaning “parataxis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mode de jonction des propositions qui n'a pas recours à la subordination ; en particulier, lorsque des…”.
What does parataxe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparataxis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mode de jonction des propositions qui n'a pas recours à la subordination ; en particulier, lorsque des conjonctions de subordination attendues pour préciser les liens sémantico-logiques qui unissent les différentes parties de la phrase sont effacées. 2. Juxtaposition de mots sans recourir aux prépositions.
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 parataxe
- parataxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parataxe?
- /pa.ʁa.taks/
- \pa.ʁa.taks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parataxe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parataxe in French?
parataxe appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).