mondanité
French, noun/mɔ̃.da.ni.te/
mondanité is spelled M-O-N-D-A-N-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mondanité is a French feminine noun meaning “worldliness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vanité mondaine”.
What does mondanité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineworldliness
- 2
femininesociety (worldly life)
- 3
femininegossip column
- 4
femininesmall talk
échanger des mondanités
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vanité mondaine. 2. Propos mondain.
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 mondanité
- mondanités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mondanité?
- /mɔ̃.da.ni.te/
- \mɔ̃.da.ni.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mondanité in French?
mondanité appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).