contexte
French, noun/kɔ̃.tɛkst/
contexte is spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T-E (8 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written French, the 1,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contexte is a French masculine noun meaning “context” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses”.
What does contexte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontext
Near-synonym: environnement
- 2
masculinecontext
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses. 2. Ensemble que forment, par leur liaison naturelle, les différentes parties d’un texte ou d'un discours. 3. Contexte d’exécution.
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 contexte
- contextes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contexte?
- /kɔ̃.tɛkst/
- \kɔ̃.tɛkst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contexte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contexte in French?
contexte appears 62 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).