pontificat
French, noun/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ka/
pontificat is spelled P-O-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-T (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontificat is a French masculine noun meaning “pontificate (state of a pontifex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité de grand pontife”.
What does pontificat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepontificate (state of a pontifex)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité de grand pontife. 2. Dignité de pape de l'Église catholique romaine. 3. Temps pendant lequel un pontife, un pape a exercé son autorité.
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 pontificat
- pontificats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontificat?
- /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ka/
- \pɔ̃.ti.fi.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pontificat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pontificat in French?
pontificat appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).