physiognomonie
French, noun/fi.zjɔɡ.nɔ.mɔ.ni/
physiognomonie is spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-G-N-O-M-O-N-I-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Physiognomonie is a French feminine noun meaning “physiognomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étude du caractère à partir des traits du visage → voir physionomie”.
What does physiognomonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephysiognomy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étude du caractère à partir des traits du visage → voir physionomie. 2. Traité qui a cette matière pour sujet.
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 physiognomonie
- physiognomonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce physiognomonie?
- /fi.zjɔɡ.nɔ.mɔ.ni/
- \fi.zjo.ɡnɔ.mɔ.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to physiognomonie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is physiognomonie in French?
physiognomonie 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).