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hypothétique

French, adjective/i.pɔ.te.tik/

hypothétique is a French adjective meaning “hypothetical (based upon a hypothesis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui repose sur une hypothèse”.

What does hypothétique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hypothetical (based upon a hypothesis)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui repose sur une hypothèse. 2. S’oppose à catégorique.

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 hypothétique

  • hypothétiques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hypothétique?

  • /i.pɔ.te.tik/
  • \i.pɔ.te.tik\
  • [i.pɔ.te.tik]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hypothétique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hypothétique in French?

hypothétique appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).