bénit
French, adjective
bénit is spelled B-É-N-I-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bénit is a French adjective meaning “blessed, consecrated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of bénir. With an accent, bénît is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bénir”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Consacré par des bénédictions”.
What does bénit mean in English?
adjective
- 1
blessed, consecrated
eau bénite
verb
- 1
past participle of bénir
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bénir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Consacré par des bénédictions.
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 bénit
- bénite feminine
- bénits masculine plural
- bénites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bénit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bénit in French?
bénit appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).