conquest
/ˈkɑnkwɛst/noun, verb
conquest is spelled C-O-N-Q-U-E-S-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conquest means “An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conquest is conquests.
How many letters and syllables are in conquest?
| Letters | 8: C-O-N-Q-U-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is conquest?
Conquest appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce conquest?
- UK /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/
- UK /ˈkɒŋkwəst/
- US /ˈkɑnkwɛst/
Conquest has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-conquest.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of conquest
- conquests plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- conquesting participle, present
- conquested participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conquest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians
- 2
An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
Mankind's conquest of space
- 3
That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
- 4
obsoleteThe acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
- 5
colloquialA person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
- 6
A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
verb
- 1
To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
- 2
archaicTo conquer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conquest in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conquête |
| German | Eroberung , Conquest-Modus, Conquestmodus, Conquest |
| Portuguese | conquista |
| Spanish | conquista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does conquest come from?
Inherited from Middle English conquest, borrowed from Old French conqueste.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).