agape
French, noun/a.ɡap/
agape is spelled A-G-A-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agape is a French feminine noun meaning “agape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Repas que les premiers chrétiens faisaient en commun dans les églises”.
What does agape mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagape
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Repas que les premiers chrétiens faisaient en commun dans les églises. 2. Repas que font entre eux des amis ou des gens associés pour un dessein commun.
noun: 1. Amour désintéressé, sans désir de possession de l’autre, amour altruiste. 2. Amour de Dieu.
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 agape
- agapes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agape?
- /a.ɡap/
- \a.ɡap\
- \a.ɡa.pɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agape
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agape in French?
agape appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).