absoute
French, noun/ap.sut/
absoute is spelled A-B-S-O-U-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absoute is a French feminine noun meaning “absolution (song for the dead)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of absout. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prière qui termine une cérémonie funèbre”.
What does absoute mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabsolution (song for the dead)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of absout
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prière qui termine une cérémonie funèbre. 2. Absolution publique et solennelle qui se donnait au peuple le jeudi saint au matin, ou le mercredi saint au soir dans les cathédrales.
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 absoute
- absoutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absoute?
- /ap.sut/
- \ap.sut\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is absoute in French?
absoute appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).