optimiste
French, noun/ɔp.ti.mist/
optimiste is spelled O-P-T-I-M-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimiste is a French feminine noun meaning “optimist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui est optimiste”.
What does optimiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineoptimist
adjective
- 1
optimistic
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 à l’optimisme. 2. Qui est disposé naturellement à trouver que tout est bien, que tout va bien, à être content de tout. 3. Dont l'avenir est assuré et radieux.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui est optimiste.
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 optimiste
- optimistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce optimiste?
- /ɔp.ti.mist/
- \ɔp.ti.mist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to optimiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is optimiste in French?
optimiste appears 6.8 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).