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chute

French, noun

chute is spelled C-H-U-T-E (5 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written French, the 1,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chute is a French feminine noun meaning “fall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of chuter. With an accent, chuté is a different word: “past participle of chuter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de choir, de tomber ou de se détacher d’un tout ; le mouvement ou l’action correspondante”.

What does chute mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefall

    une chute libre

  2. 2

    femininefall, drop (e.g. in price)

    la chute des prix

  3. 3

    femininefall, collapse, downfall

    Near-synonym: effondrement

  4. 4

    feminineellipsis of chute d'eau waterfall

    Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara.

  5. 5

    femininepunch line (conclusion of a joke or a story; the last words that bring the comic effect)

    Attendez la chute.

  6. 6

    femininefinal part of an ensemble or a shape

    la chute des reins

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as chuté
  1. 1

    past participle of chuter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fait de choir, de tomber ou de se détacher d’un tout ; le mouvement ou l’action correspondante. 2. Descente d’un météore (pluie, grêle, neige) du ciel. 3. Puissante cascade d’un cours d’eau ; chute d’eau. 4. La partie restante de la séparation d’un tout.

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 chute

  • chutes plural
  • chutée feminine
  • chutés masculine plural
  • chutées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to chute

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chute in French?

chute appears 44 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).

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