cotutelle
French, noun/ko.ty.tɛl/
cotutelle is spelled C-O-T-U-T-E-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotutelle is a French feminine noun meaning “co-guardianship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tutelle partagée”.
What does cotutelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineco-guardianship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tutelle partagée.
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 cotutelle
- cotutelles plural
- co-tutelle
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotutelle?
- /ko.ty.tɛl/
- \kɔ.ty.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cotutelle in French?
cotutelle appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).