laniste
French, noun/la.nist/
laniste is spelled L-A-N-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laniste is a French masculine noun meaning “owner and trainer of gladiators” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans l’Antiquité romaine, propriétaire et entraîneur de gladiateurs”.
What does laniste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineowner and trainer of gladiators
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans l’Antiquité romaine, propriétaire et entraîneur de gladiateurs.
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 laniste
- lanistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laniste?
- /la.nist/
- \la.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is laniste in French?
laniste appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).