conclave
French, noun/kɔ̃.klav/
conclave is spelled C-O-N-C-L-A-V-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conclave is a French masculine noun meaning “conclave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où sont enfermés les cardinaux âgés de moins de 80 ans réunis en assemblée pour élire le pape”.
What does conclave mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconclave
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où sont enfermés les cardinaux âgés de moins de 80 ans réunis en assemblée pour élire le pape. 2. Désigne l’assemblée elle-même. 3. Assemblée délibérante.
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 conclave
- conclaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conclave?
- /kɔ̃.klav/
- \kɔ̃.klav\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conclave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conclave in French?
conclave appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).