proconsul
French, noun\pʁo.kɔ̃.syl\
proconsul is spelled P-R-O-C-O-N-S-U-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proconsul is a French masculine noun meaning “proconsul” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui, chez les Romains, gouvernait certaines grandes provinces, avec l’autorité de consul”.
What does proconsul mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineproconsul
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui, chez les Romains, gouvernait certaines grandes provinces, avec l’autorité de consul. 2. Commissaire que la Convention envoyait dans les départements insurgés, dans les pays conquis ou auprès des armées. 3. Personne qui exerce un pouvoir sans contrôle réel malgré une autorité supérieure théorique.
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 proconsul
- proconsuls plural
- proconsule feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proconsul?
- \pʁo.kɔ̃.syl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proconsul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proconsul in French?
proconsul appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).