sardonique
French, adjective/saʁ.dɔ.nik/
sardonique is spelled S-A-R-D-O-N-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sardonique is a French adjective meaning “sardonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui révèle une pensée, une intention méchante”.
What does sardonique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sardonic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui révèle une pensée, une intention méchante.
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 sardonique
- sardoniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sardonique?
- /saʁ.dɔ.nik/
- \saʁ.dɔ.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sardonique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sardonique in French?
sardonique appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).