ancillaire
French, adjective/ɑ̃.si.lɛʁ/
ancillaire is spelled A-N-C-I-L-L-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ancillaire is a French adjective meaning “of servants, with servants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport aux servantes”.
What does ancillaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of servants, with servants
des amours ancillaires
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport aux servantes. 2. Annexe. 3. Annexe, qui est nichée dans une autre étude, en parlant d’une étude clinique, greffée sur le protocole d’une autre étude.
noun: 1. Instrument chirurgical destiné à aider le chirurgien à mesurer avec une grande précision les angles ou les distances quand cela est nécessaire (ostéotomie tibiale dans le cadre des arthroplasties du genou par exemple).
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 ancillaire
- ancillaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ancillaire?
- /ɑ̃.si.lɛʁ/
- \ɑ̃.si.lɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ancillaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ancillaire in French?
ancillaire appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).