caporalisme
French, noun/ka.pɔ.ʁa.lism/
caporalisme is spelled C-A-P-O-R-A-L-I-S-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caporalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “caporalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Régime de caporal, dans lequel la vie civile est asservie aux idées et aux habitudes militaires”.
What does caporalisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaporalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Régime de caporal, dans lequel la vie civile est asservie aux idées et aux habitudes militaires. 2. Autorité tatillonne. 3. Autoritarisme étroit et mesquin.
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 caporalisme
- caporalismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caporalisme?
- /ka.pɔ.ʁa.lism/
- /ka.pɔ.ʁa.lizm/
- \ka.pɔ.ʁa.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caporalisme in French?
caporalisme appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).