islamiste
French, noun/i.sla.mist/
islamiste is spelled I-S-L-A-M-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Islamiste is a French feminine noun meaning “Islamist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisane ou partisan de l’islamisme”.
What does islamiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
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adjective
- 1
Islamist
L'idéologie islamiste radicale a causé vingt millions de morts dans le nord du Nigéria.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’islamisme.
noun: 1. Partisane ou partisan de l’islamisme.
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 islamiste
- islamistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce islamiste?
- /i.sla.mist/
- \is.la.mist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to islamiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is islamiste in French?
islamiste appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).