environnementalisme

\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ.n(ə).mɑ̃.ta.lism\

/\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ.n(ə).mɑ̃.ta.lism\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courant d’idées politique qui vise à préserver la nature de l’action humaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-environnementalisme · environnementalisme · French

environnementalisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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 environnementalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordenvironnementalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ.n(ə).mɑ̃.ta.lism\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “environnementalisme” sits in French frequency

environnementalisme falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

environnementalisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ.n(ə).mɑ̃.ta.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for environnementalisme in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is environnementalisme, spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courant d’idées politique qui vise à préserver la nature de l’action humaine.
  2. 2
    Étude des interrelations entre l’individu et son environnement physique et social.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les scientifiques explorateurs et les administrateurs des colonies — qui ont joué un rôle actif dans la naissance d’un environnementalisme moderne — étaient également les observateurs attentifs des conséquences sociales de la colonisation et des formes que prenaient l’occidentalisation du monde biologique.
  2. L’environnementalisme procède ainsi d’une généalogie apolitique de l’écologie comportant ses figures telles celles du promeneur sollitaire et son panthéon de penseurs dont Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pierre Poivre, John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold ou Arne Næss.

Synonyms

écologisme

This word in other languages

environmentalism(English)ambientalismo(Español)Umweltschutz(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "environnementalisme"?
"environnementalisme" is spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ.n(ə).mɑ̃.ta.lism\.
What does "environnementalisme" mean?
As a noun, "environnementalisme" means: Courant d’idées politique qui vise à préserver la nature de l’action humaine.
How do you pronounce "environnementalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "environnementalisme" is \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ.n(ə).mɑ̃.ta.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "environnementalisme" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list