reconquête
French, noun/ʁə.kɔ̃.kɛt/
reconquête is spelled R-E-C-O-N-Q-U-Ê-T-E (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reconquête is a French feminine noun meaning “reconquest (act of reconquering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de reconquérir”.
What does reconquête mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereconquest (act of reconquering)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de reconquérir. 2. Reprise par les chrétiens sur les musulmans des territoires que les Arabes occupaient en Espagne. 3. Reprise de position commerciale.
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 reconquête
- reconquêtes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reconquête?
- /ʁə.kɔ̃.kɛt/
- \ʁə.kɔ̃.kɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reconquête
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reconquête in French?
reconquête appears 2.2 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).