prône
French, noun
prône is a French masculine noun meaning “sermon, homily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of prôner. With an accent, prôné is a different word: “past participle of prôner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instruction chrétienne que le curé ou un vicaire fait tous les dimanches en chaire, à la messe paroissiale”.
What does prône mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesermon, homily
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of prôner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instruction chrétienne que le curé ou un vicaire fait tous les dimanches en chaire, à la messe paroissiale. 2. Par extension, discours similaire d'une autre religion. 3. Remontrance importune qu’une personne fait à une autre. 4. Bulletin municipal.
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 prône
- prônes plural
- prônée feminine
- prônés masculine plural
- prônées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is prône in French?
prône appears 4.7 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).