soutane
French, noun/su.tan/
soutane is spelled S-O-U-T-A-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soutane is a French feminine noun meaning “cassock, soutane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement boutonné du haut en bas et tombant jusqu’aux pieds, que portent notamment les ecclésiastiques”.
What does soutane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecassock, soutane
- 2
feminineRoman Catholic priesthood, the Roman Catholic Church or institutions.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement boutonné du haut en bas et tombant jusqu’aux pieds, que portent notamment les ecclésiastiques. 2. État ecclésiastique. 3. Représentant de l’autorité ecclésiastique catholique.
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 soutane
- soutanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soutane?
- /su.tan/
- \su.tan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soutane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soutane in French?
soutane appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).