décompte
French, noun
décompte is spelled D-É-C-O-M-P-T-E (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décompte is a French masculine noun meaning “deduction, that which is to be subtracted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of décompter. With an accent, décompté is a different word: “past participle of décompter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’il y a à rabattre, à déduire sur une somme qu’on paie”.
What does décompte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinededuction, that which is to be subtracted
- 2
masculinecounting, the act or manner of making a count
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of décompter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qu’il y a à rabattre, à déduire sur une somme qu’on paie. 2. Dénombrement ; manière de compter.
adjective: 1. Au rabais, réduit. 2. Déduit.
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 décompte
- décomptes plural
- décomptée feminine
- décomptés masculine plural
- décomptées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to décompte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décompte in French?
décompte appears 3.6 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).