phasme
French, noun/fasm/
phasme is spelled P-H-A-S-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phasme is a French masculine noun meaning “stick insect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte sans aile de l'ordre des phasmides vivant dans les régions chaudes, au corps long et effilé…”.
What does phasme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestick insect
- 2
derogatorymasculinebeanpole, string bean (scrawny person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte sans aile de l'ordre des phasmides vivant dans les régions chaudes, au corps long et effilé ressemblant à une brindille. 2. Personne mince, peu musclée.
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 phasme
- phasmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phasme?
- /fasm/
- /fazm/
- \fasm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phasme in French?
phasme appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).