dicastère
French, noun/di.kas.tɛʁ/
dicastère is spelled D-I-C-A-S-T-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dicastère is a French masculine noun meaning “dicastery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À Athènes, chacune des dix sections du tribunal populaire, appelé tribunal des Héliastes”.
What does dicastère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedicastery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. À Athènes, chacune des dix sections du tribunal populaire, appelé tribunal des Héliastes. 2. Organisme de la curie romaine correspondant plus ou moins à un ministère. 3. Subdivision administrative, dans une commune suisse.
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 dicastère
- dicastères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dicastère?
- /di.kas.tɛʁ/
- \di.kas.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dicastère in French?
dicastère appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).