modernité
French, noun/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.te/
modernité is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modernité is a French feminine noun meaning “modernity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le fait d’être moderne”.
What does modernité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemodernity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le fait d’être moderne. 2. Ce qui est désigné comme moderne, nouveau, innovant, progressiste.
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 modernité
- modernités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modernité?
- /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.te/
- \mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modernité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modernité in French?
modernité appears 6.0 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).