charia
French, noun/ʃa.ʁja/
charia is spelled C-H-A-R-I-A (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charia is a French feminine noun meaning “shari'a” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Loi religieuse islamique”.
What does charia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshari'a
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Loi religieuse islamique.
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 charia
- charias plural
- chariat alternative archaic
- chériat alternative archaic
- charî’a
- sharia
- shari’a
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charia?
- /ʃa.ʁja/
- \ʃa.ʁja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charia in French?
charia appears 2.8 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).