décanat
French, noun/de.ka.na/
décanat is spelled D-É-C-A-N-A-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décanat is a French masculine noun meaning “deanship (in university)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité de doyen”.
What does décanat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeanship (in university)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité de doyen. 2. Exercice des fonctions de doyen. 3. Territoire sous l'administration d'un doyen.
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 décanat
- décanats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décanat?
- /de.ka.na/
- \de.ka.na\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décanat in French?
décanat appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).