connétable
French, noun/kɔ.ne.tabl/
connétable is spelled C-O-N-N-É-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Connétable is a French masculine noun meaning “constable (of France); supreme commander of the French armies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Premier officier militaire de la couronne, qui avait le commandement général des armées”.
What does connétable mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconstable (of France); supreme commander of the French armies
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Premier officier militaire de la couronne, qui avait le commandement général des armées. 2. Titre de dignité qui se donnait à quelques aristocrates, dans la lignée desquelles il était héréditaire 3. Épouse d’un connétable. 4. Surnom donné à l’écrivain Barbey d’Aurevilly.
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 connétable
- connétables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce connétable?
- /kɔ.ne.tabl/
- \kɔ.ne.tabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to connétable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is connétable in French?
connétable appears 1.2 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).