carriérisme
French, noun/ka.ʁje.ʁism/
carriérisme is spelled C-A-R-R-I-É-R-I-S-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carriérisme is a French masculine noun meaning “careerism (priority given to one's career)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Priorité donnée à sa carrière sur d’autres valeurs, sa famille, le bien de l’entreprise pour un employé, de…”.
What does carriérisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecareerism (priority given to one's career)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Priorité donnée à sa carrière sur d’autres valeurs, sa famille, le bien de l’entreprise pour un employé, de la collectivité pour un homme politique, etc.
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 carriérisme
- carriérismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carriérisme?
- /ka.ʁje.ʁism/
- /kɑ.ʁje.ʁism/
- /ka.ʁje.ʁizm/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carriérisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carriérisme in French?
carriérisme appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).