abside
French, noun/ap.sid/
abside is spelled A-B-S-I-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abside is a French feminine noun meaning “apse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tribune ou grande niche surmontée d’une voûte qui terminait les basiliques antiques, décrite par les premiers…”.
What does abside mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tribune ou grande niche surmontée d’une voûte qui terminait les basiliques antiques, décrite par les premiers écrivains chrétiens. 2. Extrémité d’une église, derrière le chœur, de forme arrondie en hémicycle. 3. Voûte, partie semi-circulaire.
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 abside
- absides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abside?
- /ap.sid/
- \ap.sid\
- [ap.sid]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abside
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abside in French?
abside appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).