chaire
French, noun/ʃɛʁ/
chaire is spelled C-H-A-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaire is a French feminine noun meaning “pulpit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou…”.
What does chaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulpit
- 2
femininerostrum
- 3
femininechair (of university)
- 4
femininethrone (of the pope)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc. 2. Prédication. 3. Ensemble des prédicateurs. 4. Siège apostolique.
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 chaire
- chaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaire?
- /ʃɛʁ/
- \ʃɛʁ\
- [ʃɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaire in French?
chaire appears 6.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).