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béotisme

French, noun/be.ɔ.tism/

béotisme is a French masculine noun meaning “philistinism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut de celui qui est béotien”.

What does béotisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinephilistinism

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Défaut de celui qui est béotien.

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 béotisme

  • béotismes plural

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

How do you pronounce béotisme?

  • /be.ɔ.tism/
  • /be.ɔ.tizm/
  • \be.ɔ.tism\

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

English words that translate to béotisme

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