hetman
French, noun\ɛt.mɑ̃\
hetman is spelled H-E-T-M-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hetman is a French masculine noun meaning “hetman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chef militaire élu, détenteur du pouvoir civil chez les cosaques d’Ukraine (de 1649 à 1764)”.
What does hetman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehetman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chef militaire élu, détenteur du pouvoir civil chez les cosaques d’Ukraine (de 1649 à 1764).
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 hetman
- hetmans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hetman?
- \ɛt.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hetman in French?
hetman appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).