fritte
French, noun
fritte is a French feminine noun meaning “frit (sintered polycrystalline unglazed material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fritter. With an accent, fritté is a different word: “sintered”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange de substances terreuses et de substances salines auquel on a fait subir un commencement de fusion…”.
What does fritte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrit (sintered polycrystalline unglazed material)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
sintered
verb
- 1
past participle of fritter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange de substances terreuses et de substances salines auquel on a fait subir un commencement de fusion pour en former le verre. 2. Matière dont on fait l’émail. 3. Action de cuire ce mélange.
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 fritte
- frittes plural
- frittée feminine
- frittés masculine plural
- frittées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fritte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fritte in French?
fritte appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).