rationalisme
French, noun\ʁa.sjɔ.na.lism\
rationalisme is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rationalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “rationalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine qui pose la raison comme seule source de connaissance”.
What does rationalisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerationalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine qui pose la raison comme seule source de connaissance. 2. Toute doctrine qui considère les choses uniquement d’après les données de la raison.
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 rationalisme
- rationalismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rationalisme?
- \ʁa.sjɔ.na.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 rationalisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rationalisme in French?
rationalisme appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).