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contorsionniste

French, noun/kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nist/

contorsionniste is spelled C-O-N-T-O-R-S-I-O-N-N-I-S-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contorsionniste is a French feminine noun meaning “contortionist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui pratique la contorsion”.

What does contorsionniste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecontortionist

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui pratique la contorsion.

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 contorsionniste

  • contorsionnistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce contorsionniste?

  • /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nist/
  • \kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nist\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to contorsionniste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is contorsionniste in French?

contorsionniste appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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