hagiographe
French, noun/a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁaf/
hagiographe is a French feminine noun meaning “hagiographer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Auteur qui écrit sur la vie et les actions des saints”.
What does hagiographe mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne cette partie de l’Ancien Testament qui n’est ni de Moïse, ni des prophètes. 2. Exagérément laudatif, qui relève de l’hagiographie.
noun: 1. Auteur qui écrit sur la vie et les actions des saints. 2. Auteur qui fait l’hagiographie d’une personne.
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 hagiographe
- hagiographes plural
- agiographe obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hagiographe?
- /a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁaf/
- \a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁaf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hagiographe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hagiographe in French?
hagiographe appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).