législature
French, noun\le.ʒi.sla.tyʁ\
législature is spelled L-É-G-I-S-L-A-T-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Législature is a French feminine noun meaning “legislature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblée élue qui fait les lois”.
What does législature mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegislature
- 2
feminineterm of office, for a legislative body
Le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale est élu pour la durée de la législature. (Article 32 of the Constitution of the French Republic, 4 October 1958)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblée élue qui fait les lois. 2. Période de temps qui s’écoule depuis l’installation d’une assemblée législative jusqu’à l’expiration de ses pouvoirs.
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 législature
- législatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce législature?
- \le.ʒi.sla.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is législature in French?
législature appears 2.9 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).