antichrèse
French, noun/ɑ̃.ti.kʁɛz/
antichrèse is spelled A-N-T-I-C-H-R-È-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antichrèse is a French feminine noun meaning “antichresis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Convention par laquelle un débiteur remet en nantissement à son créancier un immeuble dont les revenus…”.
What does antichrèse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineantichresis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Convention par laquelle un débiteur remet en nantissement à son créancier un immeuble dont les revenus doivent servir à l’acquittement de la dette. On peut convenir aussi que les revenus se compenseront avec les intérêts de la créance.
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 antichrèse
- antichrèses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antichrèse?
- /ɑ̃.ti.kʁɛz/
- \ɑ̃.ti.kʁɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is antichrèse in French?
antichrèse appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).