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synagogue

French, noun/si.na.ɡɔɡ/

synagogue is spelled S-Y-N-A-G-O-G-U-E (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Synagogue is a French feminine noun meaning “synagogue (a place of worship for Jews)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblée religieuse des juifs”.

What does synagogue mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesynagogue (a place of worship for Jews)

    Le samedi je vais à la synagogue où mes parents ont grandi.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Assemblée religieuse des juifs. 2. Édifice où les juifs s’assemblent pour l’exercice public de leur religion. 3. Judaïsme, communion des juifs, par opposition au christianisme. → voir Synagogue

noun: 1. Judaïsme, communion des juifs, par opposition au christianisme.

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 synagogue

  • synagogues plural
  • Synagogues plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce synagogue?

  • /si.na.ɡɔɡ/
  • \si.na.ɡɔɡ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to synagogue

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is synagogue in French?

synagogue appears 2.8 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).

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