prote
French, noun/pʁɔt/
prote is a French masculine noun meaning “a supervisor or foreman in a printing press” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Employé d’une imprimerie, dont les fonctions correspondent à celles de chef d’atelier ou de contremaître”.
What does prote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea supervisor or foreman in a printing press
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Employé d’une imprimerie, dont les fonctions correspondent à celles de chef d’atelier ou de contremaître.
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 prote
- protes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prote?
- /pʁɔt/
- \pʁɔt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prote in French?
prote appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).