délicatesse
French, noun/de.li.ka.tɛs/
délicatesse is spelled D-É-L-I-C-A-T-E-S-S-E (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Délicatesse is a French feminine noun meaning “delicacy; delicateness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est délicat”.
What does délicatesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelicacy; delicateness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est délicat. 2. Adresse, légèreté, soin. 3. Ménagement, circonspection. 4. Qualité de ce qui est agréable au goût.
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 délicatesse
- délicatesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délicatesse?
- /de.li.ka.tɛs/
- \de.li.ka.tɛs\
- [de.li.ka.tɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to délicatesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is délicatesse in French?
délicatesse appears 3.2 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).