subreptice
French, adjective/sy.bʁɛp.tis/
subreptice is spelled S-U-B-R-E-P-T-I-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subreptice is a French adjective meaning “surreptitious, furtive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une décision, une grâce, un jugement obtenu sur un faux exposé”.
What does subreptice mean in English?
adjective
- 1
surreptitious, furtive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une décision, une grâce, un jugement obtenu sur un faux exposé. 2. Qualifie certaines choses qui se font furtivement et d’une manière illicite. 3. Qui est fait ou obtenu à l’insu de quelqu’un et contre son gré.
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 subreptice
- subreptices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subreptice?
- /sy.bʁɛp.tis/
- \sy.bʁɛp.tis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subreptice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subreptice in French?
subreptice appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).