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altruiste

French, noun/al.tʁɥist/

altruiste is spelled A-L-T-R-U-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altruiste is a French feminine noun meaning “altruist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui pratique l’altruisme”.

What does altruiste mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    altruistic (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinealtruist

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui manifeste de l’altruisme.

noun: 1. Celui, celle qui pratique l’altruisme.

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 altruiste

  • altruistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce altruiste?

  • /al.tʁɥist/
  • \al.tʁɥist\
  • [al.tʁɥist]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to altruiste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is altruiste in French?

altruiste appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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