papiste
French, noun/pa.pist/
papiste is spelled P-A-P-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papiste is a French feminine noun meaning “papist, Roman Catholic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Catholique romain, dans le vocabulaire des protestants”.
What does papiste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatorypapist, papistic, Roman Catholic
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculinepapist, Roman Catholic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Catholique romain, dans le vocabulaire des protestants. 2. Catholique ultramontain.
adjective: 1. Relatif au pape de Rome, au catholicisme.
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 papiste
- papistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papiste?
- /pa.pist/
- \pa.pist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papiste in French?
papiste appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).