hésychasme
French, noun/e.zi.kasm/
hésychasme is spelled H-É-S-Y-C-H-A-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hésychasme is a French masculine noun meaning “Hesychasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pratique spirituelle de l’orthodoxie, proche du quiétisme occidental”.
What does hésychasme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHesychasm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pratique spirituelle de l’orthodoxie, proche du quiétisme occidental.
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 hésychasme
- hésychasmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hésychasme?
- /e.zi.kasm/
- /e.zi.kazm/
- \e.zi.kasm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hésychasme in French?
hésychasme appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).