catéchumène
French, noun/ka.te.ky.mɛn/
catéchumène is spelled C-A-T-É-C-H-U-M-È-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catéchumène is a French feminine noun meaning “catechumen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qu'on instruit pour le ou la préparer au baptême”.
What does catéchumène 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. Celui, celle qu'on instruit pour le ou la préparer au baptême. 2. Celui qui se prépare à des fonctions.
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 catéchumène
- catéchumènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catéchumène?
- /ka.te.ky.mɛn/
- \ka.te.ky.mɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catéchumène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catéchumène in French?
catéchumène appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).