camerlingue
French, noun/ka.mɛʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/
camerlingue is spelled C-A-M-E-R-L-I-N-G-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camerlingue is a French masculine noun meaning “camerlengo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cardinal assurant l’administration temporelle de l’Église pendant la vacance du siège pontifical”.
What does camerlingue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecamerlengo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cardinal assurant l’administration temporelle de l’Église pendant la vacance du siège pontifical.
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 camerlingue
- camerlingues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camerlingue?
- /ka.mɛʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/
- \ka.mɛʁ.lɛ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to camerlingue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is camerlingue in French?
camerlingue appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).