blâme
French, noun
blâme is spelled B-L-Â-M-E (5 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blâme is a French masculine noun meaning “criticism, censure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of blâmer. With an accent, blâmé is a different word: “past participle of blâmer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opinion défavorable qu’on exprime à propos de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose”.
What does blâme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecriticism, censure
- 2
masculineofficial warning, reprimand
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of blâmer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opinion défavorable qu’on exprime à propos de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose. 2. Une réprimande faite par le juge à la suite d’une sentence ou d’un arrêt. 3. Réprimande pour fautes de gestion ou pour insubordination adressée à un fonctionnaire ou à un élève. 4. Genre hérité de l'antiquité qui consiste, contrairement à l'éloge, à stigmatiser les défauts d'un individu ou d'une institution. Il s'agit d'un discours public ou donné comme tel.
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 blâme
- blâmes plural
- blâmée feminine
- blâmés masculine plural
- blâmées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to blâme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blâme in French?
blâme appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).