épiscopat
French, noun/e.pis.kɔ.pa/
épiscopat is spelled É-P-I-S-C-O-P-A-T (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épiscopat is a French masculine noun meaning “episcopate, episcopacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité d’évêque”.
What does épiscopat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineepiscopate, episcopacy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité d’évêque. 2. Corps des évêques. 3. Temps pendant lequel un évêque a occupé son siège.
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 épiscopat
- épiscopats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épiscopat?
- /e.pis.kɔ.pa/
- \e.pis.kɔ.pa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épiscopat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épiscopat in French?
épiscopat appears 1.3 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).