constable
French, noun/kɔ̃s.tabl/
constable is spelled C-O-N-S-T-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Constable is a French feminine noun meaning “constable (police title)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Titre d’officiers de police au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis, au Canada (Québec inclus), en Australie, en…”.
What does constable mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineconstable (police title)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titre d’officiers de police au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis, au Canada (Québec inclus), en Australie, en Nouvelle-Zélande et en Afrique du Sud. 2. Maître-canonnier de la marine impériale allemande. 3. Artilleur de l’armée impériale autrichienne.
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 constable
- constables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce constable?
- /kɔ̃s.tabl/
- \kɔ̃s.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 constable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is constable in French?
constable appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).