tendancieux
French, adjective/tɑ̃.dɑ̃.sjø/
tendancieux is spelled T-E-N-D-A-N-C-I-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tendancieux is a French adjective meaning “tendentious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie des paroles ou des écrits qui laissent deviner certaines tendances sans les marquer explicitement”.
What does tendancieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tendentious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie des paroles ou des écrits qui laissent deviner certaines tendances sans les marquer explicitement. 2. Qualifie des paroles ou des écrits à connotation libidineuse. 3. Qualifie une notion partiale, engagée, injuste, intolérante, sectaire ou partisane.
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 tendancieux
- tendancieuse feminine
- tendancieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tendancieux?
- /tɑ̃.dɑ̃.sjø/
- \tɑ̃.dɑ̃.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 tendancieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tendancieux in French?
tendancieux appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).