machiste
French, noun/mat.ʃist/
machiste is spelled M-A-C-H-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machiste is a French feminine noun meaning “male chauvinist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tenant du machisme, pensée d’Ernst Mach”.
What does machiste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
male chauvinistic; macho
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemale chauvinist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a tendance à discriminer négativement les femmes ; qui est adepte du machisme.
adjective: 1. Qui a tient du machisme, pensée d’Ernst Mach.
noun: 1. Tenant du machisme, pensée d’Ernst Mach.
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 machiste
- machistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machiste?
- /mat.ʃist/
- /ma.ʃist/
- \ma.tʃist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machiste in French?
machiste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).