occasionnalisme
French, noun/ɔ.ka.zjɔ.na.lism/
occasionnalisme is spelled O-C-C-A-S-I-O-N-N-A-L-I-S-M-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occasionnalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “occasionalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Théorie selon laquelle toutes les actions des créatures vivantes sont dues à l’intervention de Dieu”.
What does occasionnalisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoccasionalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Théorie selon laquelle toutes les actions des créatures vivantes sont dues à l’intervention de Dieu. 2. Mot peu fréquent, attesté occasionnellement mais ne donnant pas lieu à de nouvelles dérivations.
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 occasionnalisme
- occasionnalismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occasionnalisme?
- /ɔ.ka.zjɔ.na.lism/
- /ɔ.ka.zjɔ.na.lizm/
- \ɔ.ka.zjɔ.na.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is occasionnalisme in French?
occasionnalisme appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).