déité
French, noun/de.i.te/
déité is spelled D-É-I-T-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déité is a French feminine noun meaning “deity; god” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Essence divine”.
What does déité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeity; god
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Essence divine. 2. Dieu ou déesse. 3. Dieu ou déesse de la fable.
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 déité
- déités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déité?
- /de.i.te/
- \de.i.te\
- [de.i.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déité in French?
déité appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).