sadisme
French, noun/sa.dism/
sadisme is spelled S-A-D-I-S-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sadisme is a French masculine noun meaning “sadism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lubricité accompagnée de cruauté”.
What does sadisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesadism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lubricité accompagnée de cruauté. 2. Goût pervers de faire souffrir. 3. Pratique sexuelle dont le but est de dominer, d’humilier ou d’infliger de la douleur à autrui dans la recherche du plaisir.
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 sadisme
- sadismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sadisme?
- /sa.dism/
- /sa.dizm/
- \sa.dism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sadisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sadisme in French?
sadisme 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).