leadership
French, noun/li.dœʁ.ʃip/
leadership is spelled L-E-A-D-E-R-S-H-I-P (10 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leadership is a French masculine noun meaning “leadership (the characteristics of leading by the leader)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autorité exercée par une personne ou groupe de personnes sur un groupe qu’elle ou il représente”.
What does leadership mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleadership (the characteristics of leading by the leader)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autorité exercée par une personne ou groupe de personnes sur un groupe qu’elle ou il représente.
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 leadership
- leaderships plural
- leadeurship alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leadership?
- /li.dœʁ.ʃip/
- \li.dœʁ.ʃip\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leadership
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leadership in French?
leadership appears 5.0 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).