imam
French, noun
imam is spelled I-M-A-M (4 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imam is a French feminine noun meaning “imam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, imâm is a different word: “alternative form of imam”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Guide de la communauté dans la religion musulmane”.
What does imam mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineimam
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of imam
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Guide de la communauté dans la religion musulmane. 2. Guide spirituel et temporel. 3. Religieux qui dirige la prière en commun chez les musulmans.
noun: 1. Guide de la communauté dans la religion musulmane. 2. Guide spirituel et temporel.
noun: 1. Guide de la communauté dans la religion musulmane. 2. Guide spirituel et temporel. 3. Religieux qui dirige la prière en commun chez les musulmans.
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 imam
- imams plural
- imâm alternative
- imâms plural
- iman
- imām
- imam
- imāms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to imam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imam in French?
imam appears 4.1 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).