brainstorming
French, noun/bʁɛjn.stɔʁ.miŋ/
brainstorming is spelled B-R-A-I-N-S-T-O-R-M-I-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brainstorming is a French masculine noun meaning “brainstorming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Technique de groupe visant à produire le maximum d’idées sur un thème donné, les participants s’interdisant…”.
What does brainstorming mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrainstorming
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Technique de groupe visant à produire le maximum d’idées sur un thème donné, les participants s’interdisant dans un premier temps de les critiquer. 2. Phase d’idéation de cette méthode.
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 brainstorming
- brainstormings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brainstorming?
- /bʁɛjn.stɔʁ.miŋ/
- \bʁɛn.stɔʁ.miŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brainstorming
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brainstorming in French?
brainstorming appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).