dextérité
French, noun/dɛk.ste.ʁi.te/
dextérité is spelled D-E-X-T-É-R-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dextérité is a French feminine noun meaning “dexterity, skill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Adresse de la main”.
What does dextérité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedexterity, skill
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adresse de la main. 2. Habileté, adresse et précision des mouvements manuels dans l’accomplissement d'une tâche. 3. Adresse de l’esprit. 4. À Donjons & Dragons, et d’autres jeux de rôle, caractéristique (valeur chiffrée) représentant la maîtrise des mouvements d’un personnage, sa capacité à garder son équilibre, sa motricité fine.
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 dextérité
- dextérités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dextérité?
- /dɛk.ste.ʁi.te/
- \dɛks.te.ʁi.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 dextérité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dextérité in French?
dextérité appears 1.0 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).