interprétariat
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.ʁja/
interprétariat is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-É-T-A-R-I-A-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interprétariat is a French masculine noun meaning “interpreting; interpreting studies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fonction ou carrière d’interprète, c’est-à-dire de celui qui connaît des langues étrangères”.
What does interprétariat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinterpreting; interpreting studies
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fonction ou carrière d’interprète, c’est-à-dire de celui qui connaît des langues étrangères.
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 interprétariat
- interprétariats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interprétariat?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.ʁja/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.ʁja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is interprétariat in French?
interprétariat appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).