compète
French, noun
compète is spelled C-O-M-P-È-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compète is a French feminine noun meaning “clipping of compétition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of compéter. With an accent, compété is a different word: “past participle of compéter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compétition”.
What does compète mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclipping of compétition
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of compéter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compétition.
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 compète
- compètes plural
- compétée feminine
- compétés masculine plural
- compétées feminine plural
- compet'
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is compète in French?
compète appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).