bellicisme
French, noun/bɛ.li.sism/
bellicisme is spelled B-E-L-L-I-C-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bellicisme is a French masculine noun meaning “warmongering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine ou état d'esprit qui prône la guerre, ou encourage l'esprit guerrier”.
What does bellicisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewarmongering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine ou état d'esprit qui prône la guerre, ou encourage l'esprit guerrier.
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 bellicisme
- bellicismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bellicisme?
- /bɛ.li.sism/
- /bɛ.li.sizm/
- /be.li.sism/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bellicisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bellicisme in French?
bellicisme appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).