arbitre
French, noun
arbitre is spelled A-R-B-I-T-R-E (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbitre is a French feminine noun meaning “mediator, arbitrator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, arbitré is a different word: “past participle of arbitrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne choisie pour terminer un différend”.
What does arbitre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemediator, arbitrator
- 2
femininemasculinereferee
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinethe will
verb
- 1
past participle of arbitrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne choisie pour terminer un différend. 2. Celui qui est chargé au cours d'un jeu d'en faire respecter les règles. 3. Maitre absolu.
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 arbitre
- arbitres plural
- arbitrée feminine
- arbitrés masculine plural
- arbitrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arbitre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arbitre in French?
arbitre appears 19 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).