état d'âme

French, noun/e.ta d‿am/

état d'âme is a French masculine noun meaning “misgiving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Humeur ; disposition des sentiments”.

What does état d'âme mean in English?

noun

1
masculinemisgiving

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Humeur ; disposition des sentiments. 2. (Souvent pluriel) Préoccupation morale, parfois excessive ou stérile ; scrupule. 3. Psychologie d’une personne.

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 état d'âme

états d'âme plural
états d’âme plural

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

How do you pronounce état d'âme?

/e.ta d‿am/
/e.ta d‿ɑm/
\e.ta d‿ɑːm\

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

English words that translate to état d'âme

misgiving

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