bollandiste
French, noun/bɔ.lɑ̃.dist/
bollandiste is spelled B-O-L-L-A-N-D-I-S-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bollandiste is a French feminine noun meaning “Bollandist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les membres d’une Société de savants jésuites, qui continuent le recueil critique des Actes des…”.
What does bollandiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualifie les membres d’une Société de savants jésuites, qui continuent le recueil critique des Actes des saints, commencé à Anvers par le père Jean Bolland, du même ordre.
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 bollandiste
- bollandistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bollandiste?
- /bɔ.lɑ̃.dist/
- \bɔ.lɑ̃.dist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bollandiste in French?
bollandiste appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).