gâtisme
French, noun/ɡa.tism/
gâtisme is spelled G-Â-T-I-S-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gâtisme is a French masculine noun meaning “senility, dotage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sénilité, affaiblissement physique ou intellectuel généralement dû à l’âge”.
What does gâtisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesenility, dotage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sénilité, affaiblissement physique ou intellectuel généralement dû à l’âge. 2. Décrépitude physique et mentale des paralytiques, aliénés ou personnes très âgées qui souffrent d’incontinence. 3. Bêtise, stupidité.
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 gâtisme
- gâtismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gâtisme?
- /ɡa.tism/
- /ɡɑ.tism/
- /ɡa.tizm/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gâtisme in French?
gâtisme appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).