blette
French, noun/blɛt/
blette is spelled B-L-E-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blette is a French feminine noun meaning “Swiss chard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of blet. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom de différentes plantes potagères cultivées pour leurs larges feuilles”.
What does blette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineSwiss chard
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of blet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de différentes plantes potagères cultivées pour leurs larges feuilles. 2. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, sous-espèce à grandes feuilles de la betterave (Beta vulgaris, Amaranthaceae) ; carde ; poirée. 3. Blitum capitatum, famille des Amaranthaceae. 4. Amarante blette (Amaranthus blitum), famille des Amaranthaceae.
noun: 1. Petite lame de fonte, en feuille, ainsi disposée afin qu'on en puisse réaliser plus facilement l'affinage.
noun: 1. Nom donné à des rejetons de châtaigniers employés en tonnellerie.
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 blette
- blettes plural
- blète
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blette?
- /blɛt/
- \blɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to blette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blette in French?
blette appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).