palestre
French, noun/pa.lɛstʁ/
palestre is a French feminine noun meaning “palestra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu public, chez les Grecs, où les jeunes gens se formaient aux différents exercices du corps”.
What does palestre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepalestra
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu public, chez les Grecs, où les jeunes gens se formaient aux différents exercices du corps. 2. Les exercices mêmes, c’est-à-dire la lutte, le pugilat, la course, le saut, le disque, etc.
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 palestre
- palestres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palestre?
- /pa.lɛstʁ/
- \pa.lɛstʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palestre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palestre in French?
palestre appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).