laconisme
\la.kɔ.nism\
The verdict
“laconisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière laconique d’exprimer sa pensée, concision.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laconisme · laconisme · French
laconisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laconisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.kɔ.nism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laconisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laconisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.kɔ.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for laconisme, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is laconisme, spelled L-A-C-O-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Manière laconique d’exprimer sa pensée, concision.
- 2Simplicité, minimalisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laconisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lediacre, qui m'avait saluée d'un simple mouvement de paupières, ne pipait mot. Il pouvait rester des heures sans ouvrir la bouche, surtout en présence de sa femme, dont la vertu cardinale n'était pas le laconisme.
Un faire-part imprimé, collé sur une vitre, annonçait la mort d’un client. Aucun nom sous le sien. Nulle mention d’ami ni de famille. […] Cet avis mortuaire, avec son laconisme, me parut d’une indicible tristesse.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.