cléricature
French, noun/kle.ʁi.ka.tyʁ/
cléricature is spelled C-L-É-R-I-C-A-T-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cléricature is a French feminine noun meaning “clericature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État ou condition de celui qui est dans les ordres religieux”.
What does cléricature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclericature
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État ou condition de celui qui est dans les ordres religieux. 2. Ensemble des clercs ou des membres d’un corps ecclésial. 3. État ou condition d’un clerc de notaire ou d’un officier ministériel. 4. Ensemble des clercs de notaire ou des officiers ministériels.
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 cléricature
- cléricatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cléricature?
- /kle.ʁi.ka.tyʁ/
- \kle.ʁi.ka.tyʁ\
- [kle.ʁi.ka.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cléricature in French?
cléricature appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).