âtre
French, noun/atʁ/
âtre is spelled Â-T-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Âtre is a French masculine noun meaning “hearth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Base de la cheminée où l’on fait le feu, et autour duquel se déroulait la vie du ménage”.
What does âtre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehearth
adjective
- 1
rarematte black
suffix
- 1
-ish
- 2
forms pejoratives
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe utilisé pour former des adjectifs avec le sens de « un peu, pas tout à fait ». 2. Également utilisé comme péjoratif.
adjective: 1. Noir foncé et mat.
noun: 1. Base de la cheminée où l’on fait le feu, et autour duquel se déroulait la vie du ménage. 2. Partie plane d’un four.
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 âtre
- âtres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce âtre?
- /atʁ/
- /ɑtʁ/
- \atʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to âtre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is âtre in French?
âtre appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).