préture
French, noun/pʁe.tyʁ/
préture is spelled P-R-É-T-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préture is a French feminine noun meaning “praetorship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Magistrature, charge, office de préteur”.
What does préture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepraetorship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Magistrature, charge, office de préteur. 2. Temps pendant lequel un homme exerçait la préture.
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 préture
- prétures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préture?
- /pʁe.tyʁ/
- \pʁe.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 préture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préture in French?
préture appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).