perfectionniste
French, noun/pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ.nist/
perfectionniste is spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-I-S-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfectionniste is a French feminine noun meaning “perfectionist (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui a tendance à rechercher la perfection”.
What does perfectionniste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineperfectionist (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a tendance à rechercher la perfection.
noun: 1. Personne qui a tendance à rechercher la perfection.
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 perfectionniste
- perfectionnistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perfectionniste?
- /pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ.nist/
- \pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perfectionniste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perfectionniste in French?
perfectionniste appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).