lamaïsme
French, noun\la.ma.ism\
lamaïsme is spelled L-A-M-A-Ï-S-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lamaïsme is a French masculine noun meaning “lamaism, the Tibetan and Mongolian form of Buddhism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bouddhisme tibétain”.
What does lamaïsme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelamaism, the Tibetan and Mongolian form of Buddhism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bouddhisme tibétain.
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 lamaïsme
- lamaïsmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lamaïsme?
- \la.ma.ism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lamaïsme in French?
lamaïsme appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).