mutisme
French, noun/my.tism/
mutisme is spelled M-U-T-I-S-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutisme is a French masculine noun meaning “mutism, aphasia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de celui qui est muet”.
What does mutisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemutism, aphasia
- 2
masculinemuteness
- 3
masculinestubborn or obstinate silence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de celui qui est muet. 2. Fait de ne pas parler, souvent pour exprimer un retrait, un rejet, un entêtement, etc.
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 mutisme
- mutismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mutisme?
- /my.tism/
- /my.tizm/
- \my.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mutisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mutisme in French?
mutisme appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).