débet
French, noun/de.bɛ/
débet is spelled D-É-B-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débet is a French masculine noun meaning “debit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est dû à quelqu’un après l’arrêté de son compte”.
What does débet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedebit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui est dû à quelqu’un après l’arrêté de son compte.
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 débet
- débets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débet?
- /de.bɛ/
- \de.bɛ\
- \de.bɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is débet in French?
débet appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).