tropisme
French, noun/tʁɔ.pism/
tropisme is spelled T-R-O-P-I-S-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropisme is a French masculine noun meaning “tropism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction d’orientation ou de locomotion, action de se tourner vers”.
What does tropisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetropism
- 2
masculinea feeling of headrush
- 3
masculinean unexplainable impulse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réaction d’orientation ou de locomotion, action de se tourner vers. 2. Inclination irrésistible ; réflexe ; tendance. 3. Orientation des idées.
suffix: 1. Suffixe des mots relatifs à l’affinité d'un organisme avec quelque chose.
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 tropisme
- tropismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tropisme?
- /tʁɔ.pism/
- /tʁɔ.pizm/
- \tʁɔ.pism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tropisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tropisme in French?
tropisme appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).