irénisme
French, noun/i.ʁe.nism/
irénisme is spelled I-R-É-N-I-S-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irénisme is a French masculine noun meaning “irenicism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recherche de la paix et de la concorde”.
What does irénisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineirenicism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recherche de la paix et de la concorde. 2. Attitude visant à favoriser la bonne entente entre les religions. Le mot s'est d'abord employé dans un contexte chrétien. 3. Attitude de celui qui fait de la concorde l’objectif politique premier.
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 irénisme
- irénismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irénisme?
- /i.ʁe.nism/
- /i.ʁe.nizm/
- \i.ʁe.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is irénisme in French?
irénisme appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).