commendataire
French, adjective\kɔ.mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\
commendataire is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-D-A-T-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commendataire is a French adjective meaning “commendatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui possédait un bénéfice en commende”.
What does commendataire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
commendatory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui possédait un bénéfice en commende. 2. Quelques cas dérogatoires et temporaires ont existé d’attribution d’un commendite à une personne qui devait rentrer dans les ordres et retardait son ordination.
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 commendataire
- commendataires plural
- commandataire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commendataire?
- \kɔ.mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is commendataire in French?
commendataire appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).