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glottophobie

French, noun/ɡlɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi/

glottophobie is spelled G-L-O-T-T-O-P-H-O-B-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glottophobie is a French feminine noun meaning “glottophobia, linguicism, discrimination based on language, dialect or regional accent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme de discrimination basée sur le langage, certaines langues, ou certains accents régionaux”.

What does glottophobie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineglottophobia, linguicism, discrimination based on language, dialect or regional accent

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Forme de discrimination basée sur le langage, certaines langues, ou certains accents régionaux.

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 glottophobie

  • glottophobies plural

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

How do you pronounce glottophobie?

  • /ɡlɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi/
  • \ɡlɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi\
  • [ɡlɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi]

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

How common is glottophobie in French?

glottophobie appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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