protestant
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛs.tɑ̃/
protestant is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protestant is a French masculine noun meaning “Protestant (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of protester. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisan de la Réforme, comme luthérien ou calviniste”.
What does protestant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Protestant
noun
- 1
masculineProtestant (person)
verb
- 1
present participle of protester
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partisan de la Réforme, comme luthérien ou calviniste.
adjective: 1. Relatif au protestantisme, à la Réforme.
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 protestant
- protestante feminine
- protestants masculine plural
- protestantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protestant?
- /pʁɔ.tɛs.tɑ̃/
- \pʁɔ.tɛs.tɑ̃\
- [pʁɔ.tɛs.tɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protestant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protestant in French?
protestant appears 3.7 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).