investiture
French, noun/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.tyʁ/
investiture is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-T-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Investiture is a French feminine noun meaning “investiture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte par lequel on investit quelqu’un d’un titre ou d’une dignité”.
What does investiture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvestiture
- 2
feminineinauguration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte par lequel on investit quelqu’un d’un titre ou d’une dignité. 2. Acte par lequel un parti politique soutient un candidat ou une candidate à une élection.
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 investiture
- investitures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce investiture?
- /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.tyʁ/
- \ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to investiture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is investiture in French?
investiture 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).