principauté
French, noun/pʁɛ̃.si.po.te/
principauté is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-U-T-É (11 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principauté is a French feminine noun meaning “principality (region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité de prince”.
What does principauté mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprincipality (region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess)
principauté de Monaco
- 2
feminineprincedom
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité de prince. 2. Terre, seigneurie qui donne le rang de prince. 3. État indépendant dont le souverain porte le titre de prince. 4. Principauté-archevêché, principauté ecclésiastique dirigée par un prince-archevêque.
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 principauté
- principautés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce principauté?
- /pʁɛ̃.si.po.te/
- \pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to principauté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is principauté in French?
principauté appears 4.3 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).