chauviniste

\ʃo.vi.nist\

/\ʃo.vi.nist\/ adj

The verdict

“chauviniste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport au chauvinisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauviniste · chauviniste · French

chauviniste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for chauviniste
PropertyValue
Headwordchauviniste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃo.vi.nist\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chauviniste » en français

chauvinistereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chauviniste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃo.vi.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport au chauvinisme.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chauviniste, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chauviniste, spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport au chauvinisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chauviniste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les Américains qui n'ont pas encore visité l'Europe, seront bien forcés, après une promenade dans les sections étrangères [de l'exposition de Philadelphie], de revenir de leur idée chauviniste, à savoir que le Yankee est un être universel, supérieur à tous les autres.

Synonyms

chauvinchauvinique

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chauviniste"?
"chauviniste" is spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.vi.nist\.
What does "chauviniste" mean?
As an adjective, "chauviniste" means: Qui a rapport au chauvinisme.
How do you pronounce "chauviniste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauviniste" is \ʃo.vi.nist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chauviniste" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list