présocratique
French, adjective\pʁe.sɔ.kʁa.tik\
présocratique is spelled P-R-É-S-O-C-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Présocratique is a French adjective meaning “pre-Socratic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les philosophes pour la plupart antérieurs à Socrate, certains étant contemporains avec lui, dont…”.
What does présocratique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-Socratic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les philosophes pour la plupart antérieurs à Socrate, certains étant contemporains avec lui, dont les physiologues.
noun: 1. Philosophe antérieur à Socrate.
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 présocratique
- présocratiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce présocratique?
- \pʁe.sɔ.kʁa.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is présocratique in French?
présocratique appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).