témérité
French, noun/te.me.ʁi.te/
témérité is spelled T-É-M-É-R-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Témérité is a French feminine noun meaning “recklessness, boldness, temerity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hardiesse imprudente et présomptueuse, courage inconsidéré”.
What does témérité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecklessness, boldness, temerity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hardiesse imprudente et présomptueuse, courage inconsidéré. 2. Action, discours téméraire.
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 témérité
- témérités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce témérité?
- /te.me.ʁi.te/
- \te.me.ʁi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to témérité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is témérité in French?
témérité appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).