fief
French, noun/fjɛf/
fief is a French masculine noun meaning “fief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Domaine noble dont le détenteur, le vassal, devait l’hommage et ordinairement aussi quelque redevance…”.
What does fief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefief
- 2
masculinestronghold (district where a particular political party is usually assured of victory)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Domaine noble dont le détenteur, le vassal, devait l’hommage et ordinairement aussi quelque redevance, quelque service, etc., au seigneur, possesseur du domaine. 2. Domaine où quelqu’un est maître ou s’est érigé en maître. 3. Type de bien-fonds.
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 fief
- fiefs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fief?
- /fjɛf/
- \fjɛf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fief
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fief in French?
fief appears 6.0 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).