moderniste
French, noun/mɔ.dɛʁ.nist/
moderniste is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moderniste is a French feminine noun meaning “modernist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Historiographie) Celui, celle qui se consacre à l’étude de l’époque dite « moderne »”.
What does moderniste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
modernist
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemodernist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport au modernisme.
noun: 1. (Historiographie) Celui, celle qui se consacre à l’étude de l’époque dite « moderne ».
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 moderniste
- modernistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moderniste?
- /mɔ.dɛʁ.nist/
- \mɔ.dɛʁ.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moderniste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moderniste in French?
moderniste 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).