somptuosité
French, noun/sɔ̃p.tɥo.zi.te/
somptuosité is spelled S-O-M-P-T-U-O-S-I-T-É (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somptuosité is a French feminine noun meaning “sumptuousness, magnificence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande richesse, éclat, magnificence”.
What does somptuosité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesumptuousness, magnificence
- 2
femininelavishness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande richesse, éclat, magnificence.
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 somptuosité
- somptuosités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somptuosité?
- /sɔ̃p.tɥo.zi.te/
- \sɔ̃p.tɥɔ.zi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is somptuosité in French?
somptuosité appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).