crypte
French, noun
crypte is spelled C-R-Y-P-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crypte is a French feminine noun meaning “a crypt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of crypter. With an accent, crypté is a different word: “encrypted”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts”.
What does crypte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea crypt
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
encrypted
- 2
scrambled
verb
- 1
past participle of crypter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Église souterraine où l’on a quelquefois enterré les morts. 2. Église souterraine qui supporte l’église apparente. 3. Petits corps arrondis ou lenticulaires, creux, situés dans l’épaisseur de la peau ou des membranes muqueuses et destinés à sécréter des liquides de diverses natures, qui s’échappent de leur cavité par une ouverture étroite.
adjective: 1. Écrit en chiffre, dans un codage secret.
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 crypte
- cryptée feminine
- cryptés masculine plural
- cryptées feminine plural
- cryptes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crypte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crypte in French?
crypte appears 1.7 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).