découvert
French, noun/de.ku.vɛʁ/
découvert is spelled D-É-C-O-U-V-E-R-T (9 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written French, the 1,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Découvert is a French masculine noun meaning “overdraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of découvrir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des avances consenties par un banquier à ses clients”.
What does découvert mean in English?
adjective
- 1
discovered
- 2
uncovered, unprotected, exposed
noun
- 1
masculineoverdraft
verb
- 1
past participle of découvrir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas couvert. 2. Ouvert, exposé.
noun: 1. Ensemble des avances consenties par un banquier à ses clients. 2. Ensemble des ventes consenties par la Bourse d’une place, sans avoir les titres à livrer, ou bien sans aucune opération qui en fasse la contre-partie. 3. Terrain sans arbres.
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 découvert
- découverte feminine
- découverts masculine plural
- découvertes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce découvert?
- /de.ku.vɛʁ/
- \de.ku.vɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to découvert
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is découvert in French?
découvert appears 52 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).