protectorat
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛk.tɔ.ʁa/
protectorat is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-O-R-A-T (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protectorat is a French masculine noun meaning “protectorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité de protecteur”.
What does protectorat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotectorate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité de protecteur. 2. Protection assurée par une personne. 3. Contrôle politique exercé par une grande puissance sur une contrée inféodée.
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 protectorat
- protectorats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protectorat?
- /pʁɔ.tɛk.tɔ.ʁa/
- \pʁɔ.tɛk.tɔ.ʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protectorat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protectorat in French?
protectorat appears 1.7 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).