pessimiste
French, noun/pe.si.mist/
pessimiste is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pessimiste is a French feminine noun meaning “pessimist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Philosophe qui professe le pessimisme”.
What does pessimiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepessimist
adjective
- 1
pessimistic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport au pessimisme. 2. Qui est disposé naturellement à trouver que tout est mauvais, que tout va mal, à être mécontent de tout.
noun: 1. Philosophe qui professe le pessimisme. 2. Celui ou celle qui voit les choses en noir.
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 pessimiste
- pessimistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pessimiste?
- /pe.si.mist/
- \pe.si.mist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pessimiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pessimiste in French?
pessimiste appears 2.6 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).