prévôtal
French, adjective\pʁe.vo.tal\
prévôtal is spelled P-R-É-V-Ô-T-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévôtal is a French adjective meaning “provostal; provostorial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne la juridiction du prévôt”.
What does prévôtal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
provostal; provostorial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne la juridiction du prévôt. 2. Relatif à la police générale des armées. 3. Qui est sans appel
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 prévôtal
- prévôtale feminine
- prévôtaux masculine plural
- prévôtales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévôtal?
- \pʁe.vo.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prévôtal in French?
prévôtal appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).