localisme
French, noun/lɔ.ka.lism/
localisme is spelled L-O-C-A-L-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Localisme is a French masculine noun meaning “localism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine qui consiste à privilégier ce qui est local”.
What does localisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelocalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine qui consiste à privilégier ce qui est local.
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 localisme
- localismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce localisme?
- /lɔ.ka.lism/
- /lɔ.ka.lizm/
- \lɔ.ka.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to localisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is localisme in French?
localisme appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).