abstentionniste
French, noun/ap.stɑ̃.sjɔ.nist/
abstentionniste is a French masculine noun meaning “abstentionist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui s’est abstenue de voter à un scrutin”.
What does abstentionniste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabstentionist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne participe pas à une élection. 2. Qui incite à l’abstention comme acte politique, aux boycotts des scrutins.
noun: 1. Personne qui s’est abstenue de voter à un scrutin. 2. Personne qui a l’habitude de s’abstenir de 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 abstentionniste
- abstentionnistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstentionniste?
- /ap.stɑ̃.sjɔ.nist/
- \ab.stɑ̃.sjɔ.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abstentionniste in French?
abstentionniste appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).