agnat

\aɡ.na\

/\aɡ.na\/ noun

The verdict

“agnat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre d’une même famille, par les hommes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agnat · agnat · French

agnat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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 agnat
PropertyValue
Headwordagnat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aɡ.na\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « agnat » en français

agnatn'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

agnat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aɡ.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

agnat has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is agnat, spelled A-G-N-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre d’une même famille, par les hommes.
  2. 2
    Collatéral d’une même souche masculine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La famille se compose donc exclusivement des personnes ayant reçu du même ancêtre, de mâle à mâle, le même sang et le même culte. Ce sont les agnats.
  2. La loi de la division des terres demanda que les biens d’une famille ne passassent pas dans une autre ; de là il suivit qu’il n’y eut que deux ordres d’héritiers établis par la loi : les enfants et tous les descendants qui vivoient sous la puissance du père, qu’on appela héritiers-siens ; et, à leur défaut, les plus proches parents par mâles, qu’on appela…

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 "agnat"?
"agnat" is spelled A-G-N-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \aɡ.na\.
What does "agnat" mean?
As a noun, "agnat" means: Membre d’une même famille, par les hommes.
How do you pronounce "agnat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agnat" is \aɡ.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agnat" come from?
"agnat" 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