cacophonie
French, noun/ka.kɔ.fɔ.ni/
cacophonie is spelled C-A-C-O-P-H-O-N-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cacophonie is a French feminine noun meaning “cacophony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rencontre de syllabes ou de mots sonnant désagréablement à l’oreille”.
What does cacophonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecacophony
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rencontre de syllabes ou de mots sonnant désagréablement à l’oreille. 2. Désigne des voix et des instruments de musique qui chantent et qui jouent sans être accordés. 3. Désigne des situations où les intervenants prennent des positions ou émettent des jugements sans être complétement en accord.
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 cacophonie
- cacophonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cacophonie?
- /ka.kɔ.fɔ.ni/
- \ka.kɔ.fɔ.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cacophonie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cacophonie in French?
cacophonie appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).