gamme
French, noun
gamme is spelled G-A-M-M-E (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,874th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gamme is a French feminine noun meaning “musical scale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gammé is a different word: “Having branches in the form of an uppercase gamma (Γ)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une…”.
What does gamme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemusical scale
faire ses gammes
- 2
femininerange, gamut, series
gamme de produits
adjective
- 1
Having branches in the form of an uppercase gamma (Γ)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une octave. 2. Chanter sa gamme à quelqu’un, le réprimander et lui dire des vérités dures. 3. Ton du langage. 4. Portée.
noun: 1. Variante de game.
adjective: 1. Dont les branches partent en angle droit comme le gamma majuscule (Γ). 2. Orné d’une svastika ou croix gammée.
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à une gamme.
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 gamme
- gammes plural
- gammée feminine
- gammés masculine plural
- gammées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gamme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gamme in French?
gamme 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).