forfait
French, noun/fɔʁ.fɛ/
forfait is spelled F-O-R-F-A-I-T (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forfait is a French masculine noun meaning “crime, infamy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Crime commis avec audace”.
What does forfait mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrime, infamy
- 2
masculineflat rate, fixed rate
- 3
masculinea package, a pass
un forfait ski
- 4
masculineelimination due to withdrawal; default
J'ai gagné par forfait
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Crime commis avec audace.
noun: 1. Valeur d’une transaction globale, non détaillée. 2. Somme fixe. 3. Imposition sur un taux fixe, établi après accord entre le contribuable et l'administration. 4. Abonnement mensuel de la ligne d'un téléphone mobile.
noun: 1. Élimination de la compétition pour cause d’absence ou de retard.
adjective: 1. Qui a renoncé à participer à la compétition.
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 forfait
- forfaits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forfait?
- /fɔʁ.fɛ/
- \fɔʁ.fɛ\
- [fɔʁ.fe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forfait
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forfait in French?
forfait appears 17 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).