préfecture
French, noun/pʁe.fɛk.tyʁ/
préfecture is spelled P-R-É-F-E-C-T-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,674th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préfecture is a French feminine noun meaning “prefecture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom de plusieurs charges principales dans l’Empire romain”.
What does préfecture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprefecture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de plusieurs charges principales dans l’Empire romain. 2. Charge de l’administrateur de département appelé préfet, dans l’organisation administrative actuelle de la France. 3. Administration préfectorale. 4. Durée des fonctions d’un préfet.
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 préfecture
- préfectures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préfecture?
- /pʁe.fɛk.tyʁ/
- \pʁe.fɛk.tyʁ\
- [pʁe.fɛk.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to préfecture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préfecture in French?
préfecture appears 21 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).