instrumentalisme
French, noun/ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.ta.lism/
instrumentalisme is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrumentalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “instrumentalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Position qui considère que les modèles scientifiques ne sont que des instruments nous permettant de concevoir…”.
What does instrumentalisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinstrumentalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Position qui considère que les modèles scientifiques ne sont que des instruments nous permettant de concevoir commodément les phénomènes.
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 instrumentalisme
- instrumentalismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumentalisme?
- /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.ta.lism/
- /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.ta.lizm/
- \ɛ̃.stʁy.mɑ̃.ta.lizm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is instrumentalisme in French?
instrumentalisme appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).