sécularisme
French, noun/se.ky.la.ʁism/
sécularisme is spelled S-É-C-U-L-A-R-I-S-M-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sécularisme is a French masculine noun meaning “secularism (the related political belief in the separation of church and state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine selon laquelle l'Église ne doit pas avoir de pouvoir politique ni influencer le gouvernement d'un…”.
What does sécularisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecularism (the related political belief in the separation of church and state)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine selon laquelle l'Église ne doit pas avoir de pouvoir politique ni influencer le gouvernement d'un pays. 2. Doctrine qui prône la séparation des religions et de l'État.
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 sécularisme
- sécularismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sécularisme?
- /se.ky.la.ʁism/
- /se.ky.la.ʁizm/
- \se.ky.la.ʁism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sécularisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sécularisme in French?
sécularisme appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).