diaspora
French, noun/djas.pɔ.ʁa/
diaspora is spelled D-I-A-S-P-O-R-A (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diaspora is a French feminine noun meaning “diaspora” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Communauté juive installée dans un pays quelconque”.
What does diaspora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediaspora
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Communauté juive installée dans un pays quelconque. 2. (Antiquité) Dispersion à travers le monde, des Juifs du Proche-Orient. Cette population elle-même. 3. Dispersion d’une partie d’un peuple à travers le monde. 4. Population organisée en communauté et fidèle à ses traditions, installée à l’étranger.
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 diaspora
- diasporas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diaspora?
- /djas.pɔ.ʁa/
- \djas.pɔ.ʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diaspora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diaspora in French?
diaspora appears 3.0 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).