postmoderne
French, adjective\pɔst.mo.dɛʁn\
postmoderne is spelled P-O-S-T-M-O-D-E-R-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postmoderne is a French adjective meaning “postmodernism; postmodern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au postmodernisme, mouvement artistique qui engage une rupture ironique avec les conventions…”.
What does postmoderne mean in English?
adjective
- 1
postmodernism; postmodern
- 2
postmodernist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au postmodernisme, mouvement artistique qui engage une rupture ironique avec les conventions anhistoriques du modernisme artistique. 2. Relatif à la postmodernité.
noun: 1. Artiste, penseur représentant du postmodernisme.
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 postmoderne
- postmodernes plural
- post-moderne
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postmoderne?
- \pɔst.mo.dɛʁn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postmoderne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postmoderne in French?
postmoderne 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).