largesse
French, noun/laʁ.ʒɛs/
largesse is spelled L-A-R-G-E-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Largesse is a French feminine noun meaning “largesse; financial generosity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disposition à être généreux, générosité”.
What does largesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelargesse; financial generosity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disposition à être généreux, générosité. 2. Ce qu’on donne généreusement.
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 largesse
- largesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce largesse?
- /laʁ.ʒɛs/
- \laʁ.ʒɛs\
- [laʁ.ʒɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to largesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is largesse in French?
largesse appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).