agreste
French, noun/a.ɡʁɛst/
agreste is spelled A-G-R-E-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agreste is a French masculine noun meaning “grayling (butterfly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de la famille des nymphalidés, dont les ailes sont de couleur marron foncé…”.
What does agreste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rustic
noun
- 1
masculinegrayling (butterfly)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport aux champs, à la campagne. 2. Qui est rude, qui manque de civilité. 3. Qui a un goût âpre.
noun: 1. Insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de la famille des nymphalidés, dont les ailes sont de couleur marron foncé avec une bande submarginale jaune orangé, en bordure une frange entrecoupée et des ocelles.
noun: 1. Zone géographique de transition entre le sertão et la forêt.
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 agreste
- agrestes plural
- Agreste
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agreste?
- /a.ɡʁɛst/
- \a.ɡʁɛst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agreste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agreste in French?
agreste appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).