fondamentalisme
French, noun/fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.lism/
fondamentalisme is spelled F-O-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fondamentalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “fundamentalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine suivie par certains théologiens protestants prônant le retour aux fondements de la foi religieuse en…”.
What does fondamentalisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefundamentalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine suivie par certains théologiens protestants prônant le retour aux fondements de la foi religieuse en s'inspirant du sens littéral des Écritures. 2. Interprétation littérale de tous textes, par exemple juridiques ou religieux.
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 fondamentalisme
- fondamentalismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fondamentalisme?
- /fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.lism/
- /fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.lizm/
- \fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fondamentalisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fondamentalisme in French?
fondamentalisme appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).