stylite
French, noun\sti.lit\
stylite is spelled S-T-Y-L-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stylite is a French feminine noun meaning “stylite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’ermite solitaire qui avait placé sa cellule au sommet d’une colonne ou au-dessus d’un portique”.
What does stylite mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’ermite solitaire qui avait placé sa cellule au sommet d’une colonne ou au-dessus d’un portique.
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 stylite
- stylites plural
- stylitesse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stylite?
- \sti.lit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stylite in French?
stylite appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).