jésuite
French, adjective/ʒe.zɥit/
jésuite is spelled J-É-S-U-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jésuite is a French adjective meaning “Jesuit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Compagnie de Jésus”.
What does jésuite mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Jesuit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Compagnie de Jésus. 2. Baroque ; l’église du Gesù, à Rome, étant l’un des premiers exemples de l’art baroque. 3. Dissimulé, hypocrite, retors.
noun: 1. Membre de la Compagnie de Jésus. 2. Escobar ; personnage qui manque de franchise et de sincérité. 3. Petit triangle de pâte feuilletée fourré à la frangipane et recouvert de glaçage. Il semblerait qu’à l’origine cette pâtisserie était recouverte de chocolat noir, ce qui la faisait ressembler à l’ancien couvre-chef de l’ordre religieux éponyme.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de jésuite.
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 jésuite
- jésuites plural
- jésuitesse feminine
- jèze
- Jésuite
- Jésuites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jésuite?
- /ʒe.zɥit/
- \ʒe.zɥit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jésuite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jésuite in French?
jésuite appears 2.4 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).