maistrance
French, noun\mɛs.tʁɑ̃s\
maistrance is spelled M-A-I-S-T-R-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maistrance is a French feminine noun meaning “the officers of a ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des maîtres et des contremaîtres à bord d’un navire ou dans un arsenal”.
What does maistrance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe officers of a ship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des maîtres et des contremaîtres à bord d’un navire ou dans un arsenal.
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 maistrance
- maistrances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maistrance?
- \mɛs.tʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maistrance in French?
maistrance appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).