théodicée
French, noun/te.ɔ.di.se/
théodicée is spelled T-H-É-O-D-I-C-É-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Théodicée is a French feminine noun meaning “theodicy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tentative d’explication du mal qui existe dans le monde malgré la bonté de Dieu, de la nature, de la société…”.
What does théodicée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetheodicy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tentative d’explication du mal qui existe dans le monde malgré la bonté de Dieu, de la nature, de la société, ou de l’homme. 2. Tentative de justification du bon-fonctionnement d'une situation ou d'une organisation.
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 théodicée
- théodicées plural
- théodicité
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce théodicée?
- /te.ɔ.di.se/
- \te.ɔ.di.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to théodicée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is théodicée in French?
théodicée appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).