dynaste
French, noun/di.nast/
dynaste is spelled D-Y-N-A-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dynaste is a French masculine noun meaning “petty king, ruler of a smaller state within a greater empire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit souverain qui gouvernait sous la dépendance d’un État plus puissant”.
What does dynaste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetty king, ruler of a smaller state within a greater empire
- 2
masculinerhinoceros beetle (family Dynastinae)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne, une branche, etc., d’une famille régnante ou ayant régné qui possède des droits successoraux ; terme souvent précédé de non.
noun: 1. Petit souverain qui gouvernait sous la dépendance d’un État plus puissant. 2. Souverain local très puissant. 3. Scarabée d’Amérique centrale, de grande taille, dont le mâle porte deux longues cornes formant une pince puissante.
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 dynaste
- dynastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dynaste?
- /di.nast/
- \di.nast\
- [di.nast]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dynaste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dynaste in French?
dynaste appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).