lieutenante
French, noun/ljøt.nɑ̃t/
lieutenante is spelled L-I-E-U-T-E-N-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lieutenante is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of lieutenant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui est immédiatement au-dessous d’un chef, qu’elle supplée dans certains cas”.
What does lieutenante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of lieutenant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui est immédiatement au-dessous d’un chef, qu’elle supplée dans certains cas. 2. Militaire (officière) ou civile (sapeuse-pompière) qui porte le grade de lieutenant. 3. Grade d’officière des Forces armées canadiennes. 4. Épouse d’un magistrat portant, autrefois, le titre de lieutenant, comme celui de lieutenant général, lieutenant civil ou lieutenant criminel.
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 lieutenante
- lieutenantes plural
- lieutenant masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lieutenante?
- /ljøt.nɑ̃t/
- \ljøt.nɑ̃t\
- [ljøt.nɑ̃t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lieutenante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lieutenante in French?
lieutenante appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).