bénitier
French, noun/be.ni.tje/
bénitier is spelled B-É-N-I-T-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bénitier is a French masculine noun meaning “stoup, holy water font” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de bassin ou de vase destiné à contenir l’eau bénite dont les chrétiens se servent pour faire le signe…”.
What does bénitier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestoup, holy water font
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de bassin ou de vase destiné à contenir l’eau bénite dont les chrétiens se servent pour faire le signe de la croix, pour asperger. 2. Mollusque bivalve du genre tridacne (Tridacna).
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 bénitier
- bénitiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bénitier?
- /be.ni.tje/
- \be.ni.tje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bénitier in French?
bénitier appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).