regrettable
French, adjective/ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tabl/
regrettable is spelled R-E-G-R-E-T-T-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regrettable is a French adjective meaning “unfortunate, regrettable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui mérite d’être regretté”.
What does regrettable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unfortunate, regrettable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui mérite d’être regretté. 2. Qui appelle des regrets, qui est fâcheux.
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 regrettable
- regrettables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regrettable?
- /ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tabl/
- /ʁə.ɡʁe.tabl/
- \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to regrettable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regrettable in French?
regrettable appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).