êtres
French, noun/ɛtʁ/
êtres is spelled Ê-T-R-E-S (5 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Êtres is a French masculine noun meaning “plural of être” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Répartition des diverses parties d’une maison, c’est-à-dire l’escalier, les corridors, les pièces…”.
What does êtres mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of être
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Répartition des diverses parties d’une maison, c’est-à-dire l’escalier, les corridors, les pièces, etc. S’emploie surtout dans ces phrases :
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 êtres
- aîtres
- aitres
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce êtres?
- /ɛtʁ/
- \ɛtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is êtres in French?
êtres appears 22 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).