édile
French, noun/e.dil/
édile is spelled É-D-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Édile is a French masculine noun meaning “aedile (elected official)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Magistrat romain qui avait inspection sur les édifices publics, sur les jeux, etc”.
What does édile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaedile (elected official)
- 2
masculinecity magistrate or councillor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Magistrat romain qui avait inspection sur les édifices publics, sur les jeux, etc. 2. Élu municipal des grandes villes contemporaines.
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 édile
- édiles plural
- ædile
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce édile?
- /e.dil/
- \e.dil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to édile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is édile in French?
édile appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).