avatar
French, noun/a.va.taʁ/
avatar is spelled A-V-A-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avatar is a French masculine noun meaning “avatar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans la religion hindouiste, chacune des incarnations du dieu Vishnou”.
What does avatar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineavatar
- 2
masculineavatar
- 3
masculinemisadventures, incidents
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans la religion hindouiste, chacune des incarnations du dieu Vishnou. 2. Métamorphose, transformation d’un objet ou d’un individu qui en a déjà subi plusieurs. 3. Mésaventure, malheur.
noun: 1. Apparence que prend une personne dans un environnement graphique informatique (image dans un forum internet ou un clavardoir, objet 3D dans un univers virtuel). Cette image peut illustrer autre chose que l’utilisateur lui-même. 2. Personnage ou objet de synthèse évoluant dans un décor réel.
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 avatar
- avatars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avatar?
- /a.va.taʁ/
- \a.va.taʁ\
- [a.va.taʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avatar in French?
avatar appears 4.7 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).