illisible
French, adjective/i.li.zibl/
illisible is a French adjective meaning “unreadable; illegible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’on ne peut lire ou qu’on ne lit que très difficilement”.
What does illisible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unreadable; illegible
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qu’on ne peut lire ou qu’on ne lit que très difficilement. 2. Dont la lecture n’est pas supportable. 3. Qui est incompréhensible, dont on ne parvient pas à saisir la logique ou la cohérence ; confus, embrouillé.
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 illisible
- illisibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce illisible?
- /i.li.zibl/
- /il.li.zibl/
- \i(l).li.zibl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to illisible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illisible in French?
illisible appears 1.1 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).