prométhéen
French, adjective\pʁo.me.te.ɛ̃\
prométhéen is spelled P-R-O-M-É-T-H-É-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prométhéen is a French adjective meaning “Promethean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui rappelle l’entreprise du titan Prométhée, qui défia l’autorité de Zeus et cherchait à aider les humains à…”.
What does prométhéen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Promethean
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui rappelle l’entreprise du titan Prométhée, qui défia l’autorité de Zeus et cherchait à aider les humains à devenir les égaux des dieux de l’Olympe.
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 prométhéen
- prométhéenne feminine
- prométhéens masculine plural
- prométhéennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prométhéen?
- \pʁo.me.te.ɛ̃\
- [pʁo.me.te.ɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prométhéen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prométhéen in French?
prométhéen appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).