questure
French, noun/kɛs.tyʁ/
questure is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Questure is a French feminine noun meaning “quaestorship (the office of a quaestor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité, charge de questeur”.
What does questure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequaestorship (the office of a quaestor)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité, charge de questeur. 2. Durée des fonctions de questeur. 3. Bureau des questeurs d’une assemblée.
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 questure
- questures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce questure?
- /kɛs.tyʁ/
- \kɛs.tyʁ\
- \kɥɛs.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is questure in French?
questure appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).