magnanime
French, adjective/ma.ɲa.nim/
magnanime is spelled M-A-G-N-A-N-I-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnanime is a French adjective meaning “magnanimous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la grandeur, de la force d'âme”.
What does magnanime mean in English?
adjective
- 1
magnanimous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la grandeur, de la force d'âme. 2. Qui a une nature, un caractère ou une personnalité clémente, généreuse.
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 magnanime
- magnanimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnanime?
- /ma.ɲa.nim/
- \ma.ɲa.nim\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnanime
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnanime in French?
magnanime 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).