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exarque

French, noun/ɛɡ.zaʁk/

exarque is a French masculine noun meaning “exarch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gouverneur d’une province pour le compte des empereurs d’Orient”.

What does exarque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineexarch

  2. 2

    masculineexarch

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gouverneur d’une province pour le compte des empereurs d’Orient. 2. Dans l’église grecque, dignitaire ecclésiastique au-dessous du patriarche.

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 exarque

  • exarques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce exarque?

  • /ɛɡ.zaʁk/
  • \ɛɡ.zaʁk\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to exarque

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is exarque in French?

exarque 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).