calviniste
French, noun/kal.vi.nist/
calviniste is spelled C-A-L-V-I-N-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calviniste is a French feminine noun meaning “Calvinist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui suit la doctrine de Jean Calvin, théologien protestant”.
What does calviniste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Calvinist
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
adjective: 1. Relatif à Jean Calvin, théologien protestant.
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui suit la doctrine de Jean Calvin, théologien protestant. 2. Celui ou celle qui pratique sa religion de manière puritaine.
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 calviniste
- calvinistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calviniste?
- /kal.vi.nist/
- \kal.vi.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calviniste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calviniste in French?
calviniste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).