atteinte
French, noun/a.tɛ̃t/
atteinte is spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atteinte is a French feminine noun meaning “attack (à on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of atteint. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’atteindre ou résultat de cette action”.
What does atteinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattack (à on)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of atteint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’atteindre ou résultat de cette action. 2. Frappe de son chalengeur dans un tournoi. 3. Effet de ce qui cause un mal, un dommage, de ce qui porte quelque préjudice. 4. Affection morbide.
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 atteinte
- atteintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atteinte?
- /a.tɛ̃t/
- \a.tɛ̃t\
- [a.tɛ̃t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atteinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atteinte in French?
atteinte appears 22 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).