déclinatoire
French, noun/de.kli.na.twaʁ/
déclinatoire is spelled D-É-C-L-I-N-A-T-O-I-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déclinatoire is a French masculine noun meaning “declinatory plea, exception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’on allègue dans ce cas”.
What does déclinatoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
declinatory
noun
- 1
masculinedeclinatory plea, exception
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qu’on allègue pour décliner une juridiction.
noun: 1. Ce qu’on allègue dans ce cas. 2. Petit instrument destiné à orienter convenablement un cadran solaire et aussi, autrefois, au géomètre pour effectué des relevés sur le terrain.
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 déclinatoire
- déclinatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déclinatoire?
- /de.kli.na.twaʁ/
- \de.kli.na.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déclinatoire in French?
déclinatoire appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).