polémique
French, noun
polémique is spelled P-O-L-É-M-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polémique is a French feminine noun meaning “polemic, controversy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of polémiquer. With an accent, polémiqué is a different word: “past participle of polémiquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispute, querelle de plume”.
What does polémique mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolemic, controversy
adjective
- 1
polemic
- 2
controversial
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of polémiquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à la dispute.
noun: 1. Dispute, querelle de plume.
adjective: 1. Qui fait l’objet d’une polémique, critiqué.
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 polémique
- polémiques plural
- polémiquée feminine
- polémiqués masculine plural
- polémiquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polémique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polémique in French?
polémique appears 16 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).