catastrophiste
French, noun/ka.tas.tʁɔ.fist/
catastrophiste is spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-S-T-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catastrophiste is a French feminine noun meaning “catastrophist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisan du catastrophisme”.
What does catastrophiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui annonce une catastrophe.
noun: 1. Partisan du catastrophisme. 2. Annonceur de catastrophe.
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 catastrophiste
- catastrophistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catastrophiste?
- /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fist/
- \ka.tas.tʁɔ.fist\
- [ka.tas.tʁɔ.fist]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catastrophiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catastrophiste in French?
catastrophiste appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).