préfet
French
Alternative forms
- præfect (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praefectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.fɛ/
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Noun
préfet m (plural préfets, feminine préfète)
Further reading
- “préfet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.