apte
French, adjective/apt/
apte is spelled A-P-T-E (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apte is a French adjective meaning “apt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est propre à quelque chose”.
What does apte mean in English?
adjective
- 1
apt
non apte à la consommation humaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre à quelque chose. 2. Qui a les qualités requises.
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 apte
- aptes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apte?
- /apt/
- \apt\
- [apt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apte in French?
apte appears 4.3 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).