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maoïste

French, noun/ma.ɔ.ist/

maoïste is spelled M-A-O-Ï-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maoïste is a French feminine noun meaning “Maoist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisan de la doctrine de Mao Zedong”.

What does maoïste mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Maoist

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineMaoist

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au régime ou à la doctrine de Mao Zedong. 2. Qui soutient le régime ou la doctrine de Mao Zedong, s’en inspire politiquement et philosophiquement.

noun: 1. Partisan de la doctrine de Mao Zedong.

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 maoïste

  • maoïstes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce maoïste?

  • /ma.ɔ.ist/
  • \ma.o.ist\
  • [ma.o.ist]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to maoïste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is maoïste in French?

maoïste 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).

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