conteste
French, noun
conteste is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conteste is a French feminine noun meaning “only used in sans conteste (“no doubt”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of contester. With an accent, contesté is a different word: “past participle of contester”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contestation”.
What does conteste mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineonly used in sans conteste (“no doubt”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of contester
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contestation.
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 conteste
- contestes plural
- contestée feminine
- contestés masculine plural
- contestées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to conteste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conteste in French?
conteste appears 5.8 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).