côtière
French, adjective/ko.tjɛʁ/
côtière is spelled C-Ô-T-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Côtière is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of côtier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does côtière mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of côtier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planche de jardinage, qui va un peu en talus et qui est ordinairement adossée à une muraille de manière à recevoir le maximum des premières chaleurs du printemps.
noun: 1. Femme qui mène un cheval côtier. 2. Femme pilote le long de la côte.
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 côtière
- côtières plural
- côtier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce côtière?
- /ko.tjɛʁ/
- \ko.tjɛʁ\
- [ko.tjɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is côtière in French?
côtière appears 2.6 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).