paratexte
French, noun\pa.ʁa.tɛkst\
paratexte is spelled P-A-R-A-T-E-X-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paratexte is a French masculine noun meaning “paratext” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des éléments textuels et non textuels d’accompagnement d’une œuvre écrite, destiné à aider le…”.
What does paratexte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparatext
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des éléments textuels et non textuels d’accompagnement d’une œuvre écrite, destiné à aider le lecteur. Il se compose du péritexte (titre, préface, dédicace, etc.) et de l’épitexte (présentation, publicité, etc.).
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 paratexte
- paratextes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paratexte?
- \pa.ʁa.tɛkst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paratexte in French?
paratexte appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).