architecture
French, noun
architecture is spelled A-R-C-H-I-T-E-C-T-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Architecture is a French feminine noun meaning “architecture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, architecturé is a different word: “past participle of architecturer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de construire, de disposer et d’orner des édifices”.
What does architecture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearchitecture
verb
- 1
past participle of architecturer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de construire, de disposer et d’orner des édifices. 2. Disposition et ordonnance d’un bâtiment. 3. Édifice. 4. Concept de toute œuvre humaine caractérisée par sa dimension complexe à appréhender.
adjective: 1. Bien agencé ou construit, dont la composition fait preuve de rigueur et d’équilibre.
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 architecture
- architectures plural
- architecturée feminine
- architecturés masculine plural
- architecturées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to architecture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is architecture in French?
architecture appears 27 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).