pessimisme
French, noun/pɛ.si.mism/
pessimisme is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pessimisme is a French masculine noun meaning “pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine philosophique selon laquelle le mal l’emporte sur le bien”.
What does pessimisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepessimism (general belief that bad things will happen)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine philosophique selon laquelle le mal l’emporte sur le bien. 2. Opinion, état d’esprit, de ceux qui sont portés à croire que tout va 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 pessimisme
- pessimismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pessimisme?
- /pɛ.si.mism/
- \pe.si.mism\
- \pɛ.si.mism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pessimisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pessimisme in French?
pessimisme appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).