altesse
French, noun/al.tɛs/
altesse is spelled A-L-T-E-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altesse is a French feminine noun meaning “highness, Highness (title of respect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Titre d’honneur qui se donne à différents princes, en parlant et en écrivant”.
What does altesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehighness, Highness (title of respect)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titre d’honneur qui se donne à différents princes, en parlant et en écrivant.
noun: 1. Cépage donnant du raisin blanc avec lequel ont produit l’AOP Roussette-de-Savoie, une appellation répartie sur quelque 200 hectares. En 2008 il y avait 350 hectares de ce cépage en France.
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 altesse
- altesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altesse?
- /al.tɛs/
- \al.tɛs\
- [al.tɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altesse in French?
altesse appears 3.2 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).