simulacre
French, noun/si.my.lakʁ/
simulacre is spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simulacre is a French masculine noun meaning “image, statue, idol, simulacrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Image, statue, idole, représentation d’une fausse divinité”.
What does simulacre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimage, statue, idol, simulacrum
- 2
masculinespectre, phantom
- 3
masculinetravesty, mockery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Image, statue, idole, représentation d’une fausse divinité. 2. Apparence qu’on pourrait prendre pour une réalité : illusion, fantôme, spectre, ectoplasme, apparition. 3. Apparence, représentation d’un objet. (Style relevé ou parodique) Représentation d’un objet noble ou prisé. 4. Action exécutée pour faire illusion, sans conviction ; faux-semblant, comédie, chiqué.
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 simulacre
- simulacres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simulacre?
- /si.my.lakʁ/
- \si.my.lakʁ\
- [si.my.lakʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simulacre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simulacre in French?
simulacre appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).