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athéiste

French, noun/a.te.ist/

athéiste is a French feminine noun meaning “atheist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Athée, personne qui ne croit pas en l’existence d’un ou plusieurs dieux”.

What does athéiste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineatheist

adjective

  1. 1

    atheist

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Athée, personne qui ne croit pas en l’existence d’un ou plusieurs dieux.

adjective: 1. Relatif à l’athéisme. 2. (moderne) Qui n'est adepte ni d'une religion, ni d'une secte en isme.

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 athéiste

  • athéistes plural

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

How do you pronounce athéiste?

  • /a.te.ist/
  • \a.te.ist\

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

English words that translate to athéiste

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

How common is athéiste in French?

athéiste appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.

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