libertinage
French, noun/li.bɛʁ.ti.naʒ/
libertinage is spelled L-I-B-E-R-T-I-N-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libertinage is a French masculine noun meaning “the conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Refus des contraintes. Dérèglement dans les mœurs, dans la conduite, en particulier sur le plan sexuel”.
What does libertinage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Refus des contraintes. Dérèglement dans les mœurs, dans la conduite, en particulier sur le plan sexuel. 2. Liberté d'opinion en matière de religion. Liberté de mœurs qui accompagne ce scepticisme.
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 libertinage
- libertinages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libertinage?
- /li.bɛʁ.ti.naʒ/
- \li.bɛʁ.ti.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to libertinage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is libertinage in French?
libertinage 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).