anathème
French, noun/a.na.tɛm/
anathème is spelled A-N-A-T-H-È-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anathème is a French feminine noun meaning “anathema (ban or curse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentence de malédiction qui retranche de la communion de l’Église”.
What does anathème mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanathema (ban or curse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentence de malédiction qui retranche de la communion de l’Église. 2. Réprobation ; blâme solennel. 3. Personne qui est un objet d’opprobre, d’exécration.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de anathème.
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 anathème
- anathèmes plural
- anathême obsolete
- anathêmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anathème?
- /a.na.tɛm/
- \a.na.tɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anathème
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anathème in French?
anathème appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).