anticlérical
French, adjective/ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.kal/
anticlérical is a French adjective meaning “Opposed to political influence of clerics; anticlerical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’anticléricalisme”.
What does anticlérical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Opposed to political influence of clerics; anticlerical
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’anticléricalisme.
noun: 1. Personne qui professe l'anticléricalisme.
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 anticlérical
- anticléricale feminine
- anticléricaux masculine plural
- anticléricales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anticlérical?
- /ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.kal/
- \ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.kal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anticlérical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anticlérical in French?
anticlérical appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).