escorte
French, noun
escorte is spelled E-S-C-O-R-T-E (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escorte is a French feminine noun meaning “escort, suite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of escorter. With an accent, escorté is a different word: “past participle of escorter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Troupe généralement armée qui accompagne une personne, un convoi, des bagages pour les protéger ou les…”.
What does escorte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineescort, suite
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of escorter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Troupe généralement armée qui accompagne une personne, un convoi, des bagages pour les protéger ou les surveiller pendant la marche. 2. Vaisseau de guerre qui accompagne, dans le même dessein, des bâtiments de transport, des navires marchands, etc. 3. Cortège qui se forme pour honorer une personne. 4. Femme de très belle apparence qui se fait payer pour accompagner un homme.
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 escorte
- escortes plural
- escortée feminine
- escortés masculine plural
- escortées feminine plural
- escort
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escorte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escorte in French?
escorte appears 6.3 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).