faste
French, noun/fast/
faste is spelled F-A-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faste is a French masculine noun meaning “splendour; pomp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Magnificence qui se déploie et s’étale”.
What does faste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplendour; pomp
adjective
- 1
auspicious, lucky
- 2
of dies fasti, days of the Roman calendar in which public business was conducted
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propice, favorable, heureux, où tout réussit. 2. Relatif aux fastes.
noun: 1. Magnificence qui se déploie et s’étale. 2. Affectation de paraître avec luxe et éclat. 3. Étalage, ostentation dans les actes ou dans les paroles.
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 faste
- fastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faste?
- /fast/
- \fast\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faste in French?
faste appears 1.6 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).