mésentente
French, noun/me.zɑ̃.tɑ̃t/
mésentente is spelled M-É-S-E-N-T-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mésentente is a French feminine noun meaning “disagreement; discord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvaise entente, désaccord”.
What does mésentente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisagreement; discord
Near-synonym: discorde
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mauvaise entente, désaccord.
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 mésentente
- mésententes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mésentente?
- /me.zɑ̃.tɑ̃t/
- \me.zɑ̃.tɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mésentente in French?
mésentente 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).