altiste
French, noun/al.tist/
altiste is a French feminine noun meaning “violist (person who plays the viola)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui joue de l’alto (instrument à cordes, saxophone ou clarinette alto)”.
What does altiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineviolist (person who plays the viola)
- 2
femininemasculinealto saxophonist (person who plays the alto saxophone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui joue de l’alto (instrument à cordes, saxophone ou clarinette alto). 2. Celui, celle qui chante la voix d’alto dans un chœur. On dit plutôt maintenant alto. 3. Se dit d’un homme qui a conservé sa voix de contralto.
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 altiste
- altistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altiste?
- /al.tist/
- \al.tist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altiste in French?
altiste appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).