anachorète
French, noun/a.na.kɔ.ʁɛt/
anachorète is spelled A-N-A-C-H-O-R-È-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anachorète is a French masculine noun meaning “anchorite (religious person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieux qui se retire dans la solitude pour mener une vie de contemplation et de pénitence”.
What does anachorète mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanchorite (religious person)
- 2
masculineanchorite (one who lives in seclusion)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieux qui se retire dans la solitude pour mener une vie de contemplation et de pénitence. 2. Personne qui mène, loin du monde et de son agitation, une vie austère et vertueuse.
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 anachorète
- anachorètes plural
- anachorétesse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anachorète?
- /a.na.kɔ.ʁɛt/
- \a.na.kɔ.ʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anachorète
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anachorète in French?
anachorète appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).