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punissable

French, adjective\py.ni.sabl\

punissable is spelled P-U-N-I-S-S-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punissable is a French adjective meaning “punishable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui mérite punition”.

What does punissable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    punishable

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui mérite punition.

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 punissable

  • punissables plural

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

How do you pronounce punissable?

  • \py.ni.sabl\

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

English words that translate to punissable

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

How common is punissable in French?

punissable 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).

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