maitre de conférences
\mɛtʁ də kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“maitre de conférences” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grade universitaire français accessible après un doctorat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitre-de-conferences · maitre de conférences · French
maitre de conférences · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maitre de conférences |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛtʁ də kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maitre de conférences » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maitre de conférences is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛtʁ də kɔ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maitre de conférences, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maitre de conférences, spelled M-A-I-T-R-E- -D-E- -C-O-N-F-É-R-E-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Grade universitaire français accessible après un doctorat.
- 2Grade universitaire belge.
- 3Intervenant ayant statut de vacataire (une conférence de méthode, ou « conf », y étant l’équivalent des travaux dirigés).
- 4Traduction possible du grade universitaire docent (ou privat-docent) existant dans les universités des pays d’Europe centrale et orientale, notamment germaniques et slaves.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maitre de conférences appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais comment fallait-il l’appeler : « maitre de conférences » ou « maitresse de conférences » ?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.