chanoinesse
French, noun/ʃa.nwa.nɛs/
chanoinesse is spelled C-H-A-N-O-I-N-E-S-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chanoinesse is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of chanoine: canoness (female canon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui possédait une prébende dans un chapitre de femmes”.
What does chanoinesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of chanoine: canoness (female canon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui possédait une prébende dans un chapitre de femmes. 2. Titre honorifique conféré à des laïques par des communautés religieuses étrangères.
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 chanoinesse
- chanoinesses plural
- chanoine masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chanoinesse?
- /ʃa.nwa.nɛs/
- \ʃa.nwa.nɛs\
- [ʃa.nwa.nɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chanoinesse in French?
chanoinesse appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).