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conciliabule

French, noun/kɔ̃.si.lja.byl/

conciliabule is spelled C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-B-U-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conciliabule is a French masculine noun meaning “consultation, meeting; confab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblée de prélats schismatiques ou convoqués irrégulièrement”.

What does conciliabule mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineconsultation, meeting; confab

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Assemblée de prélats schismatiques ou convoqués irrégulièrement. 2. Conférence secrète où président d’ordinaire des sentiments de malveillance ou d’hostilité. 3. Assemblage, réunion.

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 conciliabule

  • conciliabules plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce conciliabule?

  • /kɔ̃.si.lja.byl/
  • \kɔ̃.si.lja.byl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is conciliabule in French?

conciliabule appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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