déter
French, adjective/de.tɛʁ/
déter is spelled D-É-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déter is a French adjective meaning “diehard, hellbent, determined (resolute, possessing much determination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déterminé, motivé”.
What does déter mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slangdiehard, hellbent, determined (resolute, possessing much determination)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Déterminé, motivé.
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 déter
- déters plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déter?
- /de.tɛʁ/
- \de.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déter in French?
déter appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).