cordialité
French, noun/kɔʁ.dja.li.te/
cordialité is spelled C-O-R-D-I-A-L-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,913th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cordialité is a French feminine noun meaning “cordiality, geniality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affection dont les manifestations attestent la sincérité, la vivacité”.
What does cordialité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecordiality, geniality
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affection dont les manifestations attestent la sincérité, la vivacité.
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 cordialité
- cordialités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cordialité?
- /kɔʁ.dja.li.te/
- \kɔʁ.dja.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cordialité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cordialité in French?
cordialité appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).