pentarchie
French, noun/pɛ̃.taʁ.ʃi/
pentarchie is spelled P-E-N-T-A-R-C-H-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentarchie is a French feminine noun meaning “pentarchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gouvernement de cinq chefs”.
What does pentarchie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepentarchy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gouvernement de cinq chefs. 2. Conseil d’amirauté de cinq membres, à Carthage 3. Organisation de l’Église autour de cinq Églises patriarcales : Rome, Constantinople, Alexandrie, Antioche et Jérusalem 4. Directoire.
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 pentarchie
- pentarchies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentarchie?
- /pɛ̃.taʁ.ʃi/
- \pɛ̃.taʁ.ʃi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pentarchie in French?
pentarchie appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).