modernisme
French, noun\mɔ.dɛʁ.nism\
modernisme is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modernisme is a French masculine noun meaning “modernism, modernity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tendance à se détacher de la tradition pour adopter des idées modernes”.
What does modernisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemodernism, modernity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tendance à se détacher de la tradition pour adopter des idées modernes. 2. Gout de ce qui est moderne. 3. Mouvement chrétien préconisant une nouvelle interprétation des croyances et des doctrines traditionnelles.
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 modernisme
- modernismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modernisme?
- \mɔ.dɛʁ.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modernisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modernisme in French?
modernisme appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).