mariste
French, adjective
mariste is spelled M-A-R-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mariste is a French adjective meaning “Marist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mariste is a different word: “Marist”.
What does mariste mean in English?
adjective
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Marist
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membre d’une congrégation, dite des prêtres de la Société de Marie, qui se consacre aux missions, à l’enseignement ou à la prédication.
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 mariste
- maristes plural
- Maristes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mariste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mariste in French?
mariste appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).