prêtrise
French, noun/pʁɛ.tʁiz/
prêtrise is spelled P-R-Ê-T-R-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prêtrise is a French feminine noun meaning “priesthood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sacerdoce, ordre sacré par lequel une personne est prêtre”.
What does prêtrise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepriesthood
Near-synonym: sacerdoce
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sacerdoce, ordre sacré par lequel une personne est prêtre.
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 prêtrise
- prêtrises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prêtrise?
- /pʁɛ.tʁiz/
- /pʁe.tʁiz/
- \pʁɛ.tʁiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prêtrise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prêtrise in French?
prêtrise appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).