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alexithymie

French, noun/a.lɛk.si.ti.mi/

alexithymie is spelled A-L-E-X-I-T-H-Y-M-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alexithymie is a French feminine noun meaning “alexithymia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Incapacité à mettre des mots sur des sentiments”.

What does alexithymie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininealexithymia

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Incapacité à mettre des mots sur des sentiments.

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 alexithymie

  • alexithymies plural

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

How do you pronounce alexithymie?

  • /a.lɛk.si.ti.mi/
  • \a.lɛk.si.ti.mi\

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

English words that translate to alexithymie

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

How common is alexithymie in French?

alexithymie appears about once in every 72 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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