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prépubère

French, adjective/pʁe.py.bɛʁ/

prépubère is spelled P-R-É-P-U-B-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prépubère is a French adjective meaning “prepubescent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas encore atteint la puberté”.

What does prépubère mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    prepubescent

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas encore atteint la puberté. 2. Avec une mentalité d’enfant.

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 prépubère

  • prépubères plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prépubère?

  • /pʁe.py.bɛʁ/
  • \pʁe.py.bɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to prépubère

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is prépubère in French?

prépubère appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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