charité
French, noun/ʃa.ʁi.te/
charité is spelled C-H-A-R-I-T-É (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charité is a French feminine noun meaning “charity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vertu théologale, amour que l’on ressent pour Dieu, pour le bien et pour son prochain”.
What does charité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertu théologale, amour que l’on ressent pour Dieu, pour le bien et pour son prochain. 2. Bienveillance habituelle ; indulgence ; commisération. 3. Bienfaisance ; aumône aux pauvres. 4. Groupe de personnes pieuses se dévouant pour secourir les pauvres.
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 charité
- charités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charité?
- /ʃa.ʁi.te/
- \ʃa.ʁi.te\
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Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charité in French?
charité appears 11 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).