pandémonium
French, noun/pɑ̃.de.mɔ.njɔm/
pandémonium is spelled P-A-N-D-É-M-O-N-I-U-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pandémonium is a French masculine noun meaning “a place having one or more of the characteristics attributed to hell, in other words many people suffering from or planning corrupt or evil…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réunion de mauvais esprits, de gens qui ne s’assemblent que pour comploter et faire le mal”.
What does pandémonium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoletethe imaginary capital of Hell
- 2
masculinea place having one or more of the characteristics attributed to hell, in other words many people suffering from or planning corrupt or evil deeds in a loud, chaotic, tumultuous gathering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réunion de mauvais esprits, de gens qui ne s’assemblent que pour comploter et faire le mal.
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 pandémonium
- pandémoniums plural
- pandæmonium
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pandémonium?
- /pɑ̃.de.mɔ.njɔm/
- \pɑ̃.de.mɔ.njɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pandémonium in French?
pandémonium appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).