légataire
French, noun/le.ɡa.tɛʁ/
légataire is spelled L-É-G-A-T-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Légataire is a French masculine noun meaning “legatee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle à qui on fait un legs”.
What does légataire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegatee
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui, celle à qui on fait un legs.
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 légataire
- légataires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce légataire?
- /le.ɡa.tɛʁ/
- \le.ɡa.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to légataire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is légataire in French?
légataire appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).