italianisme
French, noun/i.ta.lja.nism/
italianisme is spelled I-T-A-L-I-A-N-I-S-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Italianisme is a French masculine noun meaning “Italianism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tour, mot ou usage propres à la langue italienne transposés dans une autre langue”.
What does italianisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineItalianism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tour, mot ou usage propres à la langue italienne transposés dans une autre langue. 2. Goût pour ce qui vient d’Italie. 3. Façon d’écrire la musique caractéristique de ce qui se fait en Italie.
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 italianisme
- italianismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce italianisme?
- /i.ta.lja.nism/
- /i.ta.lja.nizm/
- \i.ta.lja.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is italianisme in French?
italianisme appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).