mimesis
French, noun
mimesis is spelled M-I-M-E-S-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mimesis is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of mimèse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mimésis is a different word: “alternative form of mimèse”. With an accent, mimèsis is a different word: “alternative form of mimèse”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de mimèsis”.
What does mimesis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of mimèse
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of mimèse
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of mimèse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Imitation, représentation.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de mimèsis.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de mimèsis.
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 mimesis
- mimèse
- mimesis
- mimésis
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mimesis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mimesis in French?
mimesis appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).