clerc
French, noun/klɛʁ/
clerc is spelled C-L-E-R-C (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clerc is a French masculine noun meaning “a clergyman, usually in Christianity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui est entrée dans l’état ecclésiastique en recevant la tonsure”.
What does clerc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea clergyman, usually in Christianity
- 2
masculineclerk (office worker)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui est entrée dans l’état ecclésiastique en recevant la tonsure. 2. Savant ; personne instruite ; intellectuel. 3. Personne qui travaille dans l’étude d’un notaire, d’un avoué, ou d’un huissier. → voir clerc de notaire 4. Classe de lanceur de sorts qui reçoit ses pouvoirs, notamment sa magie de soin, de sa divinité.
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 clerc
- clercs plural
- clergesse feminine
- cléresse feminine
- clerque feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clerc?
- /klɛʁ/
- \klɛʁ\
- [klɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clerc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clerc in French?
clerc appears 3.0 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).