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organisme

French, noun/ɔʁ.ɡa.nism/

organisme is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written French, the 2,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Organisme is a French masculine noun meaning “organism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être vivant individuel, unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire, possédant une organisation interne autonome lui…”.

What does organisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineorganism

  2. 2

    masculineorganisation

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Être vivant individuel, unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire, possédant une organisation interne autonome lui permettant d'accomplir ses fonctions vitales. 2. Ensemble d'organes ou de systèmes assurant les fonctions vitales d’un être vivant complexe. 3. Organisation structurée regroupant des personnes et des ressources, poursuivant un but commun, qu'il soit social, économique, administratif, politique ou culturel.

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 organisme

  • organismes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce organisme?

  • /ɔʁ.ɡa.nism/
  • /ɔʁ.ɡa.nizm/
  • \ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to organisme

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is organisme in French?

organisme appears 34 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).

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