vicariat
French, noun/vi.ka.ʁja/
vicariat is spelled V-I-C-A-R-I-A-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicariat is a French masculine noun meaning “curacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fonction, emploi de vicaire”.
What does vicariat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecuracy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fonction, emploi de vicaire. 2. Résidence d’un vicaire. 3. Territoire sur lequel s’étend le pouvoir du vicaire, soit séculier, soit ecclésiastique. 4. Période durant laquelle officie un vicaire.
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 vicariat
- vicariats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vicariat?
- /vi.ka.ʁja/
- \vi.ka.ʁja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vicariat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicariat in French?
vicariat appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).