alité
French, adjective
alité is spelled A-L-I-T-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alité is a French adjective meaning “bedridden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aliter. Without its accent, alite is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does alité mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bedridden
verb
- 1
past participle of aliter
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Silicate tricalcique de formule (CaO)₃(SiO₂) ou C3S en notation cimentière, principal constituant anhydre du clinker, qui lui confère ses propriétés hydrauliques.
noun: 1. Quelqu’un qui est dans un lit.
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 alité
- alitée feminine
- alités masculine plural
- alitées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alité in French?
alité appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).