gaieté
French, noun/ɡɛ.te/
gaieté is spelled G-A-I-E-T-É (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaieté is a French feminine noun meaning “gaiety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disposition à être de bonne humeur”.
What does gaieté mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegaiety
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disposition à être de bonne humeur. 2. Belle humeur. 3. Folâtrerie, plaisanteries ou jeux d’enfants. 4. Vivacité de belle humeur franche et communicative.
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 gaieté
- gaietés plural
- gaîté alternative
- gaité alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaieté?
- /ɡɛ.te/
- /ɡe.te/
- \ɡɛ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gaieté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gaieté in French?
gaieté appears 1.1 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).