esprit de clocher
French, noun/ɛs.pʁi də klɔ.ʃe/
esprit de clocher is spelled E-S-P-R-I-T-D-E-C-L-O-C-H-E-R (15 letters). Esprit de clocher is a French masculine noun meaning “parochialism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attachement prévalent à son village, à sa localité”.
What does esprit de clocher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparochialism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attachement prévalent à son village, à sa localité.
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.
How do you pronounce esprit de clocher?
- /ɛs.pʁi də klɔ.ʃe/
- \ɛs.pʁi də klɔ.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esprit de clocher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.