allégeance
French, noun/a.le.ʒɑ̃s/
allégeance is spelled A-L-L-É-G-E-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allégeance is a French feminine noun meaning “allegiance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obligation de fidélité et d'obéissance envers une nation, une entité”.
What does allégeance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineallegiance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obligation de fidélité et d'obéissance envers une nation, une entité. 2. Fait d’être un homme lige d’un suzerain. 3. Soulagement, adoucissement.
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 allégeance
- allégeances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allégeance?
- /a.le.ʒɑ̃s/
- \a.le.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to allégeance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allégeance in French?
allégeance appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).