célérité
French, noun/se.le.ʁi.te/
célérité is spelled C-É-L-É-R-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Célérité is a French feminine noun meaning “celerity, swiftness, speed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Promptitude dans l’exécution, activité rapide”.
What does célérité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecelerity, swiftness, speed
- 2
femininecelerity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Promptitude dans l’exécution, activité rapide. 2. Vitesse d’une onde. 3. Vitesse de propagation de la lumière dans le vide.
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 célérité
- célérités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce célérité?
- /se.le.ʁi.te/
- \se.le.ʁi.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 célérité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is célérité in French?
célérité appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).