culte
French, noun/kylt/
culte is spelled C-U-L-T-E (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culte is a French masculine noun meaning “religion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Honneur que l’on rend à la divinité par des actes de religion”.
What does culte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereligion
- 2
masculinecult (religious veneration given to a deity or saint)
adjective
- 1
cult
- 2
iconic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a, ou a eu, un grand succès auprès d’un certain public et est devenu presque légendaire
noun: 1. Honneur que l’on rend à la divinité par des actes de religion. 2. Religion. 3. Religion peu ou pas reconnue. 4. Grande admiration, vénération ou tendresse profonde.
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 culte
- cultes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culte?
- /kylt/
- \kylt\
- [kylt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culte in French?
culte appears 25 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).