sournoiserie
French, noun/suʁ.nwaz.ʁi/
sournoiserie is spelled S-O-U-R-N-O-I-S-E-R-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sournoiserie is a French feminine noun meaning “underhandedness, slyness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Humeur sournoise, conduite sournoise, action sournoise”.
What does sournoiserie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunderhandedness, slyness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Humeur sournoise, conduite sournoise, action sournoise.
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 sournoiserie
- sournoiseries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sournoiserie?
- /suʁ.nwaz.ʁi/
- \suʁ.nwa.zʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sournoiserie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sournoiserie in French?
sournoiserie appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).