calomnie
French, noun
calomnie is spelled C-A-L-O-M-N-I-E (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calomnie is a French feminine noun meaning “calumny; slander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of calomnier. With an accent, calomnié is a different word: “past participle of calomnier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Critique injustifiée, inventée avec le dessein de nuire à la réputation ou à l’honneur”.
What does calomnie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalumny; slander
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of calomnier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Critique injustifiée, inventée avec le dessein de nuire à la réputation ou à l’honneur.
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 calomnie
- calomnies plural
- calomniée feminine
- calomniés masculine plural
- calomniées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to calomnie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calomnie in French?
calomnie appears 1.1 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).