pitoyable
French, adjective/pi.twa.jabl/
pitoyable is spelled P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitoyable is a French adjective meaning “pitiful; pathetic, contemptible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est naturellement enclin à la pitié”.
What does pitoyable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pitiful; pathetic, contemptible
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est naturellement enclin à la pitié. 2. Qui excite la pitié. 3. Qui inspire une pitié méprisante, qui est mauvais dans son genre, qui est digne de mépris.
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 pitoyable
- pitoyables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitoyable?
- /pi.twa.jabl/
- \pi.twa.jabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pitoyable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pitoyable in French?
pitoyable appears 3.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).