uranisme

\y.ʁa.nism\

/\y.ʁa.nism\/ noun

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.

Key facts for uranisme
PropertyValue
Headworduranisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\y.ʁa.nism\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « uranisme » en français

uranismen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Homosexualité masculine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how uranisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uranisme"?
"uranisme" is spelled U-R-A-N-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ʁa.nism\.
What does "uranisme" mean?
As a noun, "uranisme" means: Homosexualité masculine.
How do you pronounce "uranisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uranisme" is \y.ʁa.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uranisme" come from?
"uranisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list