fauvism
noun
fauvism is spelled F-A-U-V-I-S-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fauvism means “An artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fauvism?
| Letters | 7: F-A-U-V-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fauvism?
Fauvism appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fauvism?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fauvism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does fauvism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fauvism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense artistic movement:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fauvism come from?
From French fauvisme, attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).