laïcat
French, noun\la.i.ka\
laïcat is spelled L-A-Ï-C-A-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laïcat is a French masculine noun meaning “laity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des fidèles des Églises chrétiennes qui n’appartiennent pas au clergé”.
What does laïcat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelaity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des fidèles des Églises chrétiennes qui n’appartiennent pas au clergé.
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 laïcat
- laïcats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laïcat?
- \la.i.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laïcat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laïcat in French?
laïcat appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).