perspicace
French, adjective/pɛʁ.spi.kas/
perspicace is spelled P-E-R-S-P-I-C-A-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perspicace is a French adjective meaning “perspicacious, insightful, perceptive, observant (showing keen insight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la perspicacité ; qui est doué d’un esprit pénétrant et capable d’apercevoir ce qui échappe à la…”.
What does perspicace mean in English?
adjective
- 1
perspicacious, insightful, perceptive, observant (showing keen insight)
Near-synonym: clairvoyant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la perspicacité ; qui est doué d’un esprit pénétrant et capable d’apercevoir ce qui échappe à la plupart des gens.
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 perspicace
- perspicaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perspicace?
- /pɛʁ.spi.kas/
- \pɛʁ.spi.kas\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perspicace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perspicace in French?
perspicace appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).