Skip to main content

pathétisme

French, noun\pa.te.tism\

pathétisme is a French masculine noun meaning “pathetism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est pathétique”.

What does pathétisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepathetism

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. État de ce qui est pathétique.

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 pathétisme

  • pathétismes plural

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

How do you pronounce pathétisme?

  • \pa.te.tism\
  • [pa.te.tiɬ͡sm]

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

How common is pathétisme in French?

pathétisme appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).