sentencieux
French, adjective\sɑ̃.tɑ̃.sjø\
sentencieux is spelled S-E-N-T-E-N-C-I-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentencieux is a French adjective meaning “sententious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient des maximes”.
What does sentencieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sententious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient des maximes. 2. Qui s’exprime ordinairement par sentences, par maximes. 3. Qualifie un ton solennel, un ton de gravité affectée.
noun: 1. Personne qui s’exprime ordinairement par sentences, par maximes.
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 sentencieux
- sentencieuse feminine
- sentencieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentencieux?
- \sɑ̃.tɑ̃.sjø\
- [sɑ̃.tɑ̃.sjø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentencieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentencieux in French?
sentencieux appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).