tachisme
French, noun\ta.ʃism\
tachisme is spelled T-A-C-H-I-S-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tachisme is a French masculine noun meaning “tachism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Style de peinture abstraite répandu en France dans les années 1940 et 1950, considéré comme l'équivalent de…”.
What does tachisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetachism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Style de peinture abstraite répandu en France dans les années 1940 et 1950, considéré comme l'équivalent de l'abstraction expressionniste, caractérisé par des jets spontanés de peinture.
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 tachisme
- tachismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tachisme?
- \ta.ʃism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tachisme in French?
tachisme appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).