pasionaria
French, noun\pa.sjɔ.na.ʁja\
pasionaria is spelled P-A-S-I-O-N-A-R-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasionaria is a French feminine noun meaning “a female political activist, usually in a left-wing organization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Combattante, femme engagée dans une cause sociale (le plus souvent à gauche)”.
What does pasionaria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea female political activist, usually in a left-wing organization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combattante, femme engagée dans une cause sociale (le plus souvent à gauche).
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 pasionaria
- pasionarias plural
- passionaria
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pasionaria?
- \pa.sjɔ.na.ʁja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pasionaria in French?
pasionaria appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).