pusillanime
French, adjective/py.zi.la.nim/
pusillanime is spelled P-U-S-I-L-L-A-N-I-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pusillanime is a French adjective meaning “pusillanimous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque de courage, de caractère ; qui fuit les responsabilités”.
What does pusillanime mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pusillanimous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque de courage, de caractère ; qui fuit les responsabilités.
noun: 1. Personnage qui manque de courage ou de caractère ; personnage qui fuit les responsabilités.
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 pusillanime
- pusillanimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pusillanime?
- /py.zi.la.nim/
- \py.zi.la.nim\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pusillanime
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pusillanime in French?
pusillanime 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).