funambulisme
French, noun/fy.nɑ̃.by.lism/
funambulisme is spelled F-U-N-A-M-B-U-L-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funambulisme is a French masculine noun meaning “tightrope walking (acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does funambulisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetightrope walking (acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art du cirque, danseurs et acrobates marchant sur une corde tendue et pouvant s’aider d’un balancier.
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 funambulisme
- funambulismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funambulisme?
- /fy.nɑ̃.by.lism/
- /fy.nɑ̃.by.lizm/
- \fy.nɑ̃.by.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is funambulisme in French?
funambulisme appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).