belgicisme
French, noun/bɛl.ʒi.sism/
belgicisme is spelled B-E-L-G-I-C-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belgicisme is a French masculine noun meaning “a French word or phrase of Belgian origin; a belgicism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Particularités du français parlé en Belgique. Il s’agit de vocabulaire ou d’expressions qui diffèrent du…”.
What does belgicisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea French word or phrase of Belgian origin; a belgicism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Particularités du français parlé en Belgique. Il s’agit de vocabulaire ou d’expressions qui diffèrent du français de France. Les belgicismes proviennent souvent de l’ancien français, du néerlandais ou de dialectes wallons et sont parfois aussi employés (comme régionalismes) dans le Nord et l’Est de la France ou en Suisse romande.
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 belgicisme
- belgicismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belgicisme?
- /bɛl.ʒi.sism/
- /bɛl.ʒi.sizm/
- \bɛl.ʒi.sism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is belgicisme in French?
belgicisme appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).