phalanstère
French, noun/fa.lɑ̃s.tɛʁ/
phalanstère is spelled P-H-A-L-A-N-S-T-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phalanstère is a French masculine noun meaning “phalanstery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où habiterait la commune sociétaire telle que l’avait imaginée le philosophe utopiste Charles Fourier”.
What does phalanstère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephalanstery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où habiterait la commune sociétaire telle que l’avait imaginée le philosophe utopiste Charles Fourier. 2. Maison ou immeuble où habitent de nombreuses personnes.
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 phalanstère
- phalanstères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phalanstère?
- /fa.lɑ̃s.tɛʁ/
- \fa.lɑ̃s.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phalanstère in French?
phalanstère appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).