uranisme
\y.ʁa.nism\
The verdict
“uranisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homosexualité masculine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-uranisme · uranisme · French
uranisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uranisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ʁa.nism\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « uranisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
uranisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ʁa.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homosexualité masculine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for uranisme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is uranisme, spelled U-R-A-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Homosexualité masculine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uranisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien que s’étant mis, dès mon arrivée, à me parler de l’uranisme, il s’interrompt pour me demander si je peux lui donner quelques clartés sur l'enseignement de l'Évangile.
Comme toutes les Gitanes, la Mère avait pris la route de très bonne heure pour fuir la tyrannie de ses frères, l’aîné, ce grand fou, ce rêveur de Grêlé, qui ne respectait aucune tradition et n’avait pas fondé de famille par paresse, oubli et baguenauderie de qui baye aux corneilles et est dans la lune ; le cadet, le Balafré, qui n’y avait pas songé non pl…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.