data
French, verb/da.ta/
data is spelled D-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Data is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of dater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does data mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of dater
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Se dit de faits connus dans le domaine scientifique et servant de départ à des recherches futures. (corrélatif de desiderata) 2. Ensemble de données ou transfert de données.
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.
How do you pronounce data?
- /da.ta/
- \da.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is data in French?
data appears 10 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).