primogéniture
French, noun/pʁi.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ/
primogéniture is spelled P-R-I-M-O-G-É-N-I-T-U-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primogéniture is a French feminine noun meaning “primogeniture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage de l’aîné par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs”.
What does primogéniture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprimogeniture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Priorité des droits de succession et d’héritage de l’aîné par rapport aux autres frères et sœurs.
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 primogéniture
- primogénitures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primogéniture?
- /pʁi.mɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ/
- \pʁi.mɔ.ʒe.ni.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 primogéniture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primogéniture in French?
primogéniture appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).