cariatide
French, noun/ka.ʁja.tid/
cariatide is spelled C-A-R-I-A-T-I-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cariatide is a French feminine noun meaning “caryatid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom des figures employées par les architectes, au lieu de colonnes ou de pilastres, pour servir de soutien à…”.
What does cariatide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaryatid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom des figures employées par les architectes, au lieu de colonnes ou de pilastres, pour servir de soutien à une architrave qu’elles portent sur leur tête. 2. Ordre d’architecture dans lequel les cariatides sont employées au lieu de colonnes. 3. Danse lacédémonienne en l’honneur de Diane.
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 cariatide
- cariatides plural
- caryatide
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cariatide?
- /ka.ʁja.tid/
- \ka.ʁja.tid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cariatide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cariatide in French?
cariatide appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).