dépt
French, noun\de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃\
dépt is spelled D-É-P-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépt is a French noun meaning “abbreviation of département (“department”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abréviation de département”.
What does dépt mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of département (“department”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abréviation de département.
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 dépt
- dépᵗ canonical masculine
- dépᵗˢ plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépt?
- \de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dépt in French?
dépt appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).