pointillisme
French, noun/pwɛ̃.ti.jism/
pointillisme is spelled P-O-I-N-T-I-L-L-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pointillisme is a French masculine noun meaning “pointillism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière de peindre par petits points, par touches séparées, connue notamment par les peintures de Georges…”.
What does pointillisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepointillism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière de peindre par petits points, par touches séparées, connue notamment par les peintures de Georges Seurat et de Paul Signac à la fin du xixᵉ siècle.
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 pointillisme
- pointillismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pointillisme?
- /pwɛ̃.ti.jism/
- /pwɛ̃.ti.jizm/
- \pwɛ̃.ti.jism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pointillisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pointillisme in French?
pointillisme appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).