bovarysme
French, noun/bɔ.va.ʁism/
bovarysme is spelled B-O-V-A-R-Y-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bovarysme is a French masculine noun meaning “bovarysm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’insatisfaction affective et sociale où la personne atteinte rêve d’un monde romanesque”.
What does bovarysme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebovarysm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’insatisfaction affective et sociale où la personne atteinte rêve d’un monde romanesque.
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 bovarysme
- bovarysmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bovarysme?
- /bɔ.va.ʁism/
- /bɔ.va.ʁizm/
- \bɔ.va.ʁism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bovarysme in French?
bovarysme appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).