pédantesque
French, adjective\pe.dɑ̃.tɛsk\
pédantesque is spelled P-É-D-A-N-T-E-S-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pédantesque is a French adjective meaning “pedantic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tient du pédant, qui sent le pédant”.
What does pédantesque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pedantic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tient du pédant, qui sent le pédant.
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 pédantesque
- pédantesques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pédantesque?
- \pe.dɑ̃.tɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pédantesque in French?
pédantesque appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).