descriptivisme
French, noun/dɛs.kʁip.ti.vism/
descriptivisme is a French masculine noun meaning “descriptivism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conception scientifique d’une langue en fonction de l’observation objective de son usage, indépendamment des…”.
What does descriptivisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedescriptivism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conception scientifique d’une langue en fonction de l’observation objective de son usage, indépendamment des règles déterminant sa norme, telle qu’enseignée par la linguistique.
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 descriptivisme
- descriptivismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descriptivisme?
- /dɛs.kʁip.ti.vism/
- /dɛs.kʁip.ti.vizm/
- \dɛs.kʁip.ti.vism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descriptivisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.