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absentéisme

French, noun/ap.sɑ̃.te.ism/

absentéisme is spelled A-B-S-E-N-T-É-I-S-M-E (11 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absentéisme is a French masculine noun meaning “absenteeism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Absence des propriétaires terriens de la gestion de leurs exploitations agricoles”.

What does absentéisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineabsenteeism

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Absence des propriétaires terriens de la gestion de leurs exploitations agricoles. 2. Irrégularité répétée et non justifiée dans la fréquentation des lieux de travail. 3. Abstention, fait de ne pas aller voter aux élections.

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 absentéisme

  • absentéismes plural

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

How do you pronounce absentéisme?

  • /ap.sɑ̃.te.ism/
  • /ap.sɑ̃.te.izm/
  • \ap.sɑ̃.te.ism\

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

English words that translate to absentéisme

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

How common is absentéisme in French?

absentéisme appears 1.2 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).

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