uraniste
\y.ʁa.nist\
The verdict
“uraniste” 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) - Partisan du Sonnet d’Uranie lors de la querelle des jobelins et des uranistes survenue en 1648.
Corpus desk
Index FR-uraniste · uraniste · French
uraniste · 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 | uraniste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ʁa.nist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « uraniste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
uraniste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ʁa.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
uraniste has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is uraniste, spelled U-R-A-N-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Partisan du Sonnet d’Uranie lors de la querelle des jobelins et des uranistes survenue en 1648.
- 2Homosexuel masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uraniste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toute la France se partagea en uranistes et en jobelins ; heureuse si elle n’eût jamais été partagée en d’autres sectes ! Les jobelins tenaient pour Benserade, qui avait fait un sonnet sur Job ; les uranistes pour Voiture, qui en avait fait un pour Uranie.
J’étais l’assidu d’un des bals musette de la rue de Lappe, près de la Bastille, où les mecs en casquette, les matafs, les filles de joie, les femmes du monde, les lesbiennes et les uranistes dansaient la java.
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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.