parentèle
French, noun/pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛl/
parentèle is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-È-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parentèle is a French feminine noun meaning “relative, relation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des personnes qui ont un lien de parenté entre elles”.
What does parentèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerelative, relation
- 2
femininekin, relatives
- 3
feminineparentela
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des personnes qui ont un lien de parenté entre elles.
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 parentèle
- parentèles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parentèle?
- /pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛl/
- \pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parentèle in French?
parentèle 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).