pope
French, noun
pope is spelled P-O-P-E (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pope is a French masculine noun meaning “an Orthodox priest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, popé is a different word: “past participle of poper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prêtre orthodoxe”.
What does pope mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean Orthodox priest.
verb
- 1
past participle of poper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prêtre orthodoxe.
noun: 1. (Antiquité romaine) Prêtre qui, dans les sacrifices, était chargé de lier la victime et de l’amener à l’autel puis de l'exécuter avec un maillet ou le côté non tranchant d'une hache.
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 pope
- popes plural
- popée feminine
- popés masculine plural
- popées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pope
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pope in French?
pope appears 1.7 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).