provincialisme
French, noun/pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sja.lism/
provincialisme is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A-L-I-S-M-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provincialisme is a French masculine noun meaning “provincialism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Locution particulière à une province”.
What does provincialisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprovincialism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Locution particulière à une province. 2. Attachement sentimental à sa province. 3. Tendance à favoriser les droits des provinces (du Canada) vis-à-vis du pouvoir fédéral. 4. Tendance à se borner au rôle donné à un gouvernement provincial ou une législature provinciale, par opposition à planifier la construction de l’État québécois en vue de son indépendance.
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 provincialisme
- provincialismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provincialisme?
- /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sja.lism/
- /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sja.lizm/
- \pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sja.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provincialisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provincialisme in French?
provincialisme appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).