quasi-antonyme

\ka.zi.ɑ̃.to.nim\

/\ka.zi.ɑ̃.to.nim\/ noun

The verdict

“quasi-antonyme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot qui a un sens opposé à un autre uniquement dans certains contextes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quasi-antonyme · quasi-antonyme · French

quasi-antonyme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for quasi-antonyme
PropertyValue
Headwordquasi-antonyme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.zi.ɑ̃.to.nim\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quasi-antonyme » en français

quasi-antonymereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quasi-antonyme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.zi.ɑ̃.to.nim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot qui a un sens opposé à un autre uniquement dans certains contextes.".

No misspelling variants are generated for quasi-antonyme in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quasi-antonyme, spelled Q-U-A-S-I---A-N-T-O-N-Y-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot qui a un sens opposé à un autre uniquement dans certains contextes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how quasi-antonyme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. les antipodaux sont formés de deux termes représentant chacun les extrémités de l’axe sur lequel ils s'articulent : haut/bas pour la verticalité, début/fin pour la dimension temporelle. On peut retrouver ces oppositions élémentaires dans des paires de quasi-antonymes comme cave/grenier, tête/pied ou berceau/tombe.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quasi-antonyme"?
"quasi-antonyme" is spelled Q-U-A-S-I---A-N-T-O-N-Y-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.zi.ɑ̃.to.nim\.
What does "quasi-antonyme" mean?
As a noun, "quasi-antonyme" means: Mot qui a un sens opposé à un autre uniquement dans certains contextes.
How do you pronounce "quasi-antonyme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quasi-antonyme" is \ka.zi.ɑ̃.to.nim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quasi-antonyme" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list