couvent
French, noun/ku.vɑ̃/
couvent is spelled C-O-U-V-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couvent is a French masculine noun meaning “convent, nunnery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of couver. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maison dans laquelle des religieux ou des religieuses vivent en commun”.
What does couvent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconvent, nunnery
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of couver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maison dans laquelle des religieux ou des religieuses vivent en commun. 2. Ensemble des religieux ou des religieuses qui sont dans une même communauté. 3. Maison d’éducation dirigée par des religieuses.
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 couvent
- couvents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couvent?
- /ku.vɑ̃/
- /kuv/
- \ku.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couvent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couvent in French?
couvent appears 9.3 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).