sermon
French, noun/sɛʁ.mɔ̃/
sermon is spelled S-E-R-M-O-N (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sermon is a French masculine noun meaning “sermon (religious speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prédication ou discours chrétien, qui est prononcé du haut de la chaire, dans une église, pour instruire et…”.
What does sermon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesermon (religious speech)
- 2
masculinesermon, lecture (lengthy reproval)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prédication ou discours chrétien, qui est prononcé du haut de la chaire, dans une église, pour instruire et pour exhorter les fidèles. 2. Remontrance ennuyeuse et importune.
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 sermon
- sermons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sermon?
- /sɛʁ.mɔ̃/
- \sɛʁ.mɔ̃\
- [sɛʁ.mɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sermon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sermon in French?
sermon appears 2.2 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).