mansuétude
French, noun/mɑ̃.sɥe.tyd/
mansuétude is spelled M-A-N-S-U-É-T-U-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mansuétude is a French feminine noun meaning “indulgence, leniency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Douceur d’âme qui porte à être indulgent, patient, clément”.
What does mansuétude mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindulgence, leniency
- 2
femininecalmness, serenity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Douceur d’âme qui porte à être indulgent, patient, clément.
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 mansuétude
- mansuétudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mansuétude?
- /mɑ̃.sɥe.tyd/
- \mɑ̃.sɥe.tyd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mansuétude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mansuétude in French?
mansuétude appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).