kermesse
French, noun/kɛʁ.mɛs/
kermesse is spelled K-E-R-M-E-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kermesse is a French feminine noun meaning “kirmess, fair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom que l’on donne aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique et dans le nord de la France à des foires paroissiales qui se…”.
What does kermesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekirmess, fair
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom que l’on donne aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique et dans le nord de la France à des foires paroissiales qui se célèbrent avec des processions, des mascarades, des danses et autres divertissements. 2. Fête de charité en plein air ; fête foraine. 3. Tableau représentant une kermesse. 4. Sujet de société s’apparentant à un divertissement.
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 kermesse
- kermesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kermesse?
- /kɛʁ.mɛs/
- \kɛʁ.mɛs\
- [yn kɛʁ.mɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kermesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kermesse in French?
kermesse appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).