métempsychose
French, noun/me.tɑ̃p.si.koz/
métempsychose is spelled M-É-T-E-M-P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Métempsychose is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of métempsycose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de métempsycose”.
What does métempsychose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of métempsycose
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de métempsycose.
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 métempsychose
- métempsychoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métempsychose?
- /me.tɑ̃p.si.koz/
- \me.tɑ̃.psi.koz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is métempsychose in French?
métempsychose appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).