prestige
French, noun/pʁɛs.tiʒ/
prestige is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-G-E (8 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestige is a French masculine noun meaning “prestige” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Illusion attribuée à la magie, à un sortilège”.
What does prestige mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprestige
de prestige
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Illusion attribuée à la magie, à un sortilège. 2. Illusion qu’on sait être produite par des moyens naturels. 3. Impression faite sur l’âme, sur l’esprit, sur l’imagination par les productions de la littérature et des arts. 4. Autorité morale d’une personne, séduction qu’elle exerce sur l’imagination des hommes.
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 prestige
- prestiges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prestige?
- /pʁɛs.tiʒ/
- \pʁɛs.tiʒ\
- [lø pʁɛs.tiʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prestige
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prestige in French?
prestige appears 9.1 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).