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janséniste

French, noun/ʒɑ̃.se.nist/

janséniste is a French feminine noun meaning “Jansenist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisan du jansénisme”.

What does janséniste mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Jansenist

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineJansenist

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au jansénisme. 2. Qualifie une reliure pleine, sans ornements.

noun: 1. Partisan du jansénisme. 2. Doctrinaire dont l’intransigeance rappelle, pour leurs adversaires, celle des jansénistes.

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 janséniste

  • jansénistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce janséniste?

  • /ʒɑ̃.se.nist/
  • \ʒɑ̃.se.nist\
  • [ʒɑ̃.se.nist]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to janséniste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is janséniste in French?

janséniste appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).