protase
French, noun/pʁɔ.taz/
protase is a French feminine noun meaning “protasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d’une pièce de théâtre qui expose son sujet”.
What does protase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotasis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d’une pièce de théâtre qui expose son sujet. 2. Première partie d’une isocolie ; figure de style basée sur la juxtaposition de subordonnées. 3. Proposition conditionnelle utilisée dans l’art divinatoire sumérien, elle impliquait une conséquence nommée apodose.
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 protase
- protases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protase?
- /pʁɔ.taz/
- \pʁɔ.taz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protase in French?
protase appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).