célébrité
French, noun/se.le.bʁi.te/
célébrité is spelled C-É-L-É-B-R-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Célébrité is a French feminine noun meaning “the celebrity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Solennité d'une fête, d'un évènement”.
What does célébrité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe celebrity
- 2
femininea celebrity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Solennité d'une fête, d'un évènement. 2. Réputation qui s’étend au loin. 3. Personne célèbre.
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 célébrité
- célébrités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce célébrité?
- /se.le.bʁi.te/
- \se.le.bʁi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to célébrité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is célébrité in French?
célébrité appears 6.3 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).