presbytère
French, noun\pʁɛs.bi.tɛʁ\
presbytère is spelled P-R-E-S-B-Y-T-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presbytère is a French masculine noun meaning “presbytery, rectory (house of a priest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitation destinée au curé, au pasteur, dans une paroisse”.
What does presbytère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepresbytery, rectory (house of a priest)
On savait cela. Quand je n'étais pas au presbytère, j'étais à Notre-Dame. On venait m'y chercher, et l'on m'y trouvait. (Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitation destinée au curé, au pasteur, dans une paroisse.
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 presbytère
- presbytères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presbytère?
- \pʁɛs.bi.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to presbytère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is presbytère in French?
presbytère appears 1.6 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).