esthétique
French, noun/ɛs.te.tik/
esthétique is spelled E-S-T-H-É-T-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esthétique is a French feminine noun meaning “aesthetics (study of beauty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Science s’intéressant aux règles du beau dans la nature ou dans l’art”.
What does esthétique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aesthetic (concerned with beauty)
noun
- 1
feminineaesthetics (study of beauty)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au sentiment du beau. 2. Qualifie le sentiment particulier produit par le beau. 3. Qui a un certain caractère de beauté.
noun: 1. Science s’intéressant aux règles du beau dans la nature ou dans l’art. 2. Style et forme d'une œuvre.
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 esthétique
- esthétiques plural
- æsthétique alternative obsolete
- æthétique archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esthétique?
- /ɛs.te.tik/
- \ɛs.te.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esthétique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esthétique in French?
esthétique appears 15 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).