protêt
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛ/
protêt is spelled P-R-O-T-Ê-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protêt is a French masculine noun meaning “protest of dishonor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte par lequel le porteur d’un effet de commerce fait constater le défaut d’acceptation ou de paiement à…”.
What does protêt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotest of dishonor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte par lequel le porteur d’un effet de commerce fait constater le défaut d’acceptation ou de paiement à l’époque déterminée, de la part de ceux sur qui le billet a été tiré ou par qui il a été souscrit.
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 protêt
- protêts plural
- protest alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protêt?
- /pʁɔ.tɛ/
- \pʁɔ.tɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is protêt in French?
protêt appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).