suzerain
French, noun/syz.ʁɛ̃/
suzerain is spelled S-U-Z-E-R-A-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suzerain is a French masculine noun meaning “suzerain, liege lord, feudal lord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Seigneur possédant un fief dont d’autres fiefs relèvent”.
What does suzerain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuzerain, liege lord, feudal lord
adjective
- 1
suzerain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d’un seigneur possédant un fief dont d’autres fiefs relevaient. 2. Qui remplit des fonctions de protectorat.
adjective: 1. Relatif à La Suze-sur-Sarthe, commune française située dans le département de la Sarthe.
noun: 1. Seigneur possédant un fief dont d’autres fiefs relèvent. 2. Pays qui domine un autre pays, donnant à celui-ci certaines autonomies domestiques.
noun: 1. Habitant de La Suze-sur-Sarthe, commune française située dans le département de la Sarthe.
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 suzerain
- suzerains plural
- suzeraine feminine
- suzeraines feminine plural
- Suzerains plural
- Suzeraine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suzerain?
- /syz.ʁɛ̃/
- \syz.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suzerain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suzerain in French?
suzerain appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).