Palestine
French, noun/pa.lɛs.tin/
Palestine is spelled P-A-L-E-S-T-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palestine is a French feminine noun meaning “double pica (large size of type standardized as 24 points)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de la Palestine ; synonyme de Palestinienne”.
What does Palestine mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininedouble pica (large size of type standardized as 24 points)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de la Palestine ; synonyme de Palestinienne.
noun: 1. Caractère situé entre le grand-parangon et le petit-canon.
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 Palestine
- Palæstine alternative obsolete
- Palestin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Palestine?
- /pa.lɛs.tin/
- \pa.lɛs.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Palestine in French?
Palestine appears 12 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).