schisme
French, noun/ʃism/
schisme is spelled S-C-H-I-S-M-E (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schisme is a French masculine noun meaning “schism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Division au sein d’une Église donnant naissance à une nouvelle Église”.
What does schisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineschism
Near-synonym: scission
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Division au sein d’une Église donnant naissance à une nouvelle Église. 2. Division analogue dans le domaine de la politique, de la morale, de la littérature, etc.
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 schisme
- schismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schisme?
- /ʃism/
- /ʃizm/
- \ʃism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schisme in French?
schisme appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).