iconostase
French, noun/i.kɔ.nɔs.taz/
iconostase is a French feminine noun meaning “iconostasis (a wall of religious icons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande cloison qui, dans les églises orthodoxes, sépare le sanctuaire et l’autel où se tient le clergé…”.
What does iconostase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineiconostasis (a wall of religious icons)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande cloison qui, dans les églises orthodoxes, sépare le sanctuaire et l’autel où se tient le clergé célébrant la liturgie de la nef et où l’on expose les images de Jésus-Christ, de la Vierge, des quatre évangélistes et de quelques saints.
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 iconostase
- iconostases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iconostase?
- /i.kɔ.nɔs.taz/
- \i.kɔ.nɔs.taz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to iconostase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iconostase in French?
iconostase appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).