tabloïd
French, noun/ta.blɔ.id/
tabloïd is spelled T-A-B-L-O-Ï-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tabloïd is a French masculine noun meaning “tabloid (newspaper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Journal dont la feuille est d'un format plus petit (d'environ 50 %) que celui d'un journal standard…”.
What does tabloïd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tabloid
noun
- 1
masculinetabloid (newspaper)
- 2
masculineobsoletetabloid, tablet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie le format réduit de page de journal.
noun: 1. Journal dont la feuille est d'un format plus petit (d'environ 50 %) que celui d'un journal standard, généralement caractérisé par une politique éditoriale populiste.
noun: 1. Présentation galénique de certains médicaments sous forme de petites tablettes.
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 tabloïd
- tabloïds plural
- tabloïde alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tabloïd?
- /ta.blɔ.id/
- \ta.blɔ.id\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tabloïd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tabloïd in French?
tabloïd appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).