bette
French, noun/bɛt/
bette is spelled B-E-T-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bette is a French feminine noun meaning “chard (vegetable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Beta, genre de plantes de la famille des Amaranthacées”.
What does bette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechard (vegetable)
- 2
femininebeet plant
- 3
Quebecfemininebeet, beetroot (vegetable)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beta, genre de plantes de la famille des Amaranthacées. 2. Beta vulgaris L., la bette ordinaire. 3. Betterave. 4. Tête de quelqu’un, au sens de l’image qu’elle projette, de l’expression qui l’anime.
noun: 1. Petite embarcation de pêche. → voir bette-marine
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 bette
- bettes plural
- blette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bette?
- /bɛt/
- \bɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bette in French?
bette 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).