pape
French, noun/pap/
pape is spelled P-A-P-E (4 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written French, the 1,996th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pape is a French masculine noun meaning “Pope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné au souverain pontife de certaines Églises chrétiennes, dont l’Église catholique romaine, l’Église…”.
What does pape mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePope
Le pape est mort.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné au souverain pontife de certaines Églises chrétiennes, dont l’Église catholique romaine, l’Église copte, l’Église arménienne et l’Église catholique johannite. 2. Père spirituel, ou le plus grand spécialiste, pour un courant politique ou artistique, ou un domaine scientifique. 3. Petit oiseau tricolore, qu’on trouve en Caroline, en Nouvelle-Calédonie et au Canada. 4. Cinquième atout du tarot de Marseille.
noun: 1. Grand-père, papy.
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 pape
- papes plural
- papesse feminine
- papés plural
- papet
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pape?
- /pap/
- \pap\
- [pap]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pape
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pape in French?
pape appears 42 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).