vérisme
French, noun\ve.ʁism\
vérisme is spelled V-É-R-I-S-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vérisme is a French masculine noun meaning “verism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courant artistique italien de la seconde moitié du XIXᵉ qui s’inspire du naturalisme français”.
What does vérisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineverism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courant artistique italien de la seconde moitié du XIXᵉ qui s’inspire du naturalisme français. 2. Expression artistique s’attachant à reproduire la réalité quotidienne le plus fidèlement.
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 vérisme
- vérismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vérisme?
- \ve.ʁism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vérisme in French?
vérisme appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).