pauliste
French, adjective
pauliste is a French adjective meaning “Paulist (specifically a member of a missionary society founded in New York in 1885)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Pauliste is a different word: “a person residing in São Paulo, Brazil”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’apôtre saint Paul, à son œuvre, à son style apostolique”.
What does pauliste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Paulist (specifically a member of a missionary society founded in New York in 1885)
adjective
- 1
of São Paulo, Brazil
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea person residing in São Paulo, Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’apôtre saint Paul, à son œuvre, à son style apostolique.
adjective: 1. En rapport à l’État de São Paulo au Brésil.
noun: 1. Missionnaire d’une congrégation catholique du XIXᵉ siècle dédiée à saint Paul.
noun: 1. Habitant de l’État de São Paulo au Brésil.
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 pauliste
- paulistes plural
- Paulistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pauliste in French?
pauliste appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).