hantise
French, noun/ɑ̃.tiz/
hantise is spelled H-A-N-T-I-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hantise is a French feminine noun meaning “a haunting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fréquentation, commerce familier chez quelqu’un”.
What does hantise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea haunting
- 2
feminineobsessive fear
- 3
feminineobsession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fréquentation, commerce familier chez quelqu’un. 2. Obsession, souvenir involontaire ou obstiné, mêlé de peur. 3. Fait pour un lieu d’être hanté par des revenants.
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 hantise
- hantises plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.tiz\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hantise?
- /ɑ̃.tiz/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.tiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hantise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hantise in French?
hantise 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).