fuite
French, noun
fuite is spelled F-U-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,874th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuite is a French feminine noun meaning “escape; getaway; flight (e.g. from prison)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fuit. With an accent, fuité is a different word: “past participle of fuiter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de fuir”.
What does fuite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineescape; getaway; flight (e.g. from prison)
Faire sa fuite.
- 2
feminineleak; the act of leaking
Il y a une fuite dans la salle de bains.
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fuit
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of fuiter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de fuir. 2. Action de fuir, d’éviter, de s’éloigner de. 3. Se dit d’un éloignement rapide. 4. Délai, retard, échappatoire.
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 fuite
- fuites plural
- fuitée feminine
- fuités masculine plural
- fuitées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fuite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fuite in French?
fuite appears 28 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).