talisman
French, noun/ta.lis.mɑ̃/
talisman is spelled T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talisman is a French masculine noun meaning “talisman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet sur lequel sont gravés des figures, des signes, des caractères, auxquels on attribue des vertus…”.
What does talisman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetalisman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet sur lequel sont gravés des figures, des signes, des caractères, auxquels on attribue des vertus magiques ou préservatrices. 2. Objet sacré protecteur. 3. Synonyme de phalène anguleuse. 4. Pièce maîtresse d’un objet qu’elle complète et achève.
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 talisman
- talismans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talisman?
- /ta.lis.mɑ̃/
- \ta.lis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to talisman
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is talisman in French?
talisman appears 1.2 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).