catholicité
French, noun/ka.tɔ.li.si.te/
catholicité is spelled C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-I-T-É (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catholicité is a French feminine noun meaning “catholicity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “C'est le fait non seulement d'être universelle (œcuménique) mais d'exister en plénitude (kat'olon) jusque…”.
What does catholicité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatholicity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. C'est le fait non seulement d'être universelle (œcuménique) mais d'exister en plénitude (kat'olon) jusque dans les plus petites de ses parties. 2. Caractère de ce qui est vrai, véritable, orthodoxe, traditionnel, conforme à la foi des apôtres.
noun: 1. Conformité d’une doctrine à celle de l’Église catholique. 2. Ensemble des pays catholiques.
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 catholicité
- catholicités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catholicité?
- /ka.tɔ.li.si.te/
- \ka.tɔ.li.si.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catholicité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catholicité in French?
catholicité appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).