pénaliste
French, noun\pe.na.list\
pénaliste is spelled P-É-N-A-L-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pénaliste is a French feminine noun meaning “criminal lawyer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Juriste spécialisé en droit pénal”.
What does pénaliste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecriminal lawyer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux praticiens du droit pénal.
noun: 1. Juriste spécialisé en droit pénal.
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 pénaliste
- pénalistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pénaliste?
- \pe.na.list\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pénaliste in French?
pénaliste appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).