calligramme
French, noun/ka.li.ɡʁam/
calligramme is spelled C-A-L-L-I-G-R-A-M-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calligramme is a French masculine noun meaning “calligram” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poème dans lequel la forme visuelle des vers évoque un dessin, une représentation graphique”.
What does calligramme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalligram
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poème dans lequel la forme visuelle des vers évoque un dessin, une représentation graphique.
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 calligramme
- calligrammes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calligramme?
- /ka.li.ɡʁam/
- \ka.li.ɡʁam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calligramme in French?
calligramme appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).