athée
French, noun/a.te/
athée is spelled A-T-H-É-E (5 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Athée is a French feminine noun meaning “atheist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui ne croit pas en l’existence d’une ou plusieurs divinités”.
What does athée mean in English?
adjective
- 1
atheistic
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui ne croit pas en l’existence d’une ou plusieurs divinités. 2. Personne qui affirme sa non-croyance en quelque chose qui est énoncé sans preuve. 3. Personne qui n’a pas de religion.
adjective: 1. Qui ne croit pas en l’existence d’un ou plusieurs dieux.
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 athée
- athées plural
- athé
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce athée?
- /a.te/
- \a.te\
- [a.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to athée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is athée in French?
athée appears 2.9 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).