saphisme
French, noun\sa.fism\
saphisme is spelled S-A-P-H-I-S-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saphisme is a French masculine noun meaning “sapphism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homosexualité féminine”.
What does saphisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesapphism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homosexualité féminine. 2. (Par extension) L’ensemble des expressions culturelles, affectives, sociales ou érotiques liées à l’amour entre femmes.
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 saphisme
- saphismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saphisme?
- \sa.fism\
- \safism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saphisme in French?
saphisme appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).