symposium
French, noun/sɛ̃.po.zjɔm/
symposium is spelled S-Y-M-P-O-S-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symposium is a French masculine noun meaning “symposium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Seconde partie d'un repas, correspondant aujourd'hui au dessert, pendant laquelle un groupe restreint de…”.
What does symposium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesymposium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Seconde partie d'un repas, correspondant aujourd'hui au dessert, pendant laquelle un groupe restreint de convives buvaient et discouraient sur un sujet. 2. Congrès scientifique réunissant des spécialistes et traitant d’un sujet particulier.
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 symposium
- symposiums plural
- symposie
- symposion
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce symposium?
- /sɛ̃.po.zjɔm/
- /sɛ̃.pɔ.zjɔm/
- \sɛ̃.po.zjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to symposium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is symposium in French?
symposium appears 1.5 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).