juvénat
French, noun/ʒy.ve.na/
juvénat is spelled J-U-V-É-N-A-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Juvénat is a French masculine noun meaning “a type of French religious school” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans certaines congrégations, période d’études et de formation qui suit le noviciat et prépare éventuellement…”.
What does juvénat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea type of French religious school
- 2
masculineseminary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans certaines congrégations, période d’études et de formation qui suit le noviciat et prépare éventuellement au professorat. 2. Établissement d’enseignement secondaire catholique, dirigé par des religieux, qui assure la formation de jeunes se destinant à la vie religieuse.
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 juvénat
- juvénats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce juvénat?
- /ʒy.ve.na/
- \ʒy.ve.na\
- [ʒy.ve.na]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is juvénat in French?
juvénat appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).