municipalité
French, noun/my.ni.si.pa.li.te/
municipalité is spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-P-A-L-I-T-É (12 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Municipalité is a French feminine noun meaning “municipality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le corps des magistrats municipaux”.
What does municipalité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemunicipality
- 2
femininetown council, city council
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le corps des magistrats municipaux. 2. Maison où les magistrats municipaux tiennent leurs séances et ont leurs bureaux. 3. Commune.
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 municipalité
- municipalités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce municipalité?
- /my.ni.si.pa.li.te/
- \my.ni.si.pa.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to municipalité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is municipalité in French?
municipalité appears 18 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).