ceinture
French, noun
ceinture is spelled C-E-I-N-T-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ceinture is a French feminine noun meaning “belt (item of clothing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ceinturé is a different word: “past participle of ceinturer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif qui entoure”.
What does ceinture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebelt (item of clothing)
verb
- 1
past participle of ceinturer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif qui entoure. 2. Construction, plantation, aménagement qui clôture un espace. 3. Petite moulure de profil carré au haut et au bas du fût d’une colonne auquel elle se joint par un congé. 4. Poutraison en bois ou en béton posée sur les murs d’un bâtiment et servant d’assise à la charpente.
interjection: 1. Exprime la privation de ce qui était attendu ou espéré.
adjective: 1. Étroitement entouré.
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 ceinture
- ceintures plural
- ceinturée feminine
- ceinturés masculine plural
- ceinturées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ceinture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ceinture in French?
ceinture appears 19 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).