lascivité
French, noun\la.si.vi.te\
lascivité is spelled L-A-S-C-I-V-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lascivité is a French feminine noun meaning “lasciviousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État caractérisé par un mélange de paresse, de sensualité extrême et d'inclination à la luxure”.
What does lascivité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelasciviousness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État caractérisé par un mélange de paresse, de sensualité extrême et d'inclination à la luxure.
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 lascivité
- lascivités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lascivité?
- \la.si.vi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lascivité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lascivité in French?
lascivité appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).