ace
French, noun
ace is spelled A-C-E (3 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ace is a French masculine noun meaning “ace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, ACE is a different word: “acronym of antigène carcino-embryonnaire (“carcinoembryonic…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Service gagnant sans que l'adversaire ait touché la balle”.
What does ace mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineace
noun
- 1
masculineacronym of antigène carcino-embryonnaire (“carcinoembryonic antigen”): CEA
suffix
- 1
a suffix forming adjectives; -aceous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Service gagnant sans que l'adversaire ait touché la balle.
noun: 1. Personne asexuelle.
suffix: 1. Suffixe utilisé pour former des noms ou des adjectifs comportant une notion péjorative.
suffix: 1. Suffixe formant des adjectifs appartenant le plus souvent aux sciences naturelles.
noun: 1. Sigle de l’antigène carcino-embryonnaire, un marqueur tumoral peu spécifique, utile pour la surveillance (et non le dépistage) des cancers colorectaux.
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 ace
- aces plural
- ACEs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ace in French?
ace appears 3.5 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).