pédantisme
French, noun\pe.dɑ̃.tism\
pédantisme is spelled P-É-D-A-N-T-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pédantisme is a French masculine noun meaning “pedantry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pédanterie ; air, ton, caractère, manières de pédant”.
What does pédantisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepedantry
- 2
masculinepretentiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pédanterie ; air, ton, caractère, manières de pédant.
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 pédantisme
- pédantismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pédantisme?
- \pe.dɑ̃.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pédantisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pédantisme in French?
pédantisme appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).