autorité
French, noun/o.tɔ.ʁi.te/
autorité is a French feminine noun meaning “authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose”.
What does autorité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauthority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)
- 2
feminineauthority (entity with power)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pouvoir ou droit de commander, d’obliger quelqu’un à quelque chose. 2. Administration, gouvernement considéré principalement dans ses rapports avec les citoyens. 3. Crédit, considération, influence sur les personnes et sur les choses. 4. Capacité d’expliquer et de convaincre.
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 autorité
- autorités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autorité?
- /o.tɔ.ʁi.te/
- /ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.te/
- \o.tɔ.ʁi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autorité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autorité in French?
autorité appears 55 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).