gamut
French, noun/ɡa.myt/
gamut is spelled G-A-M-U-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gamut is a French masculine noun meaning “gamut (colour range)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gamme de couleur, sous-ensemble complet de couleurs qu’un certain type de matériau ou d’écran permet de…”.
What does gamut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegamut (colour range)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gamme de couleur, sous-ensemble complet de couleurs qu’un certain type de matériau ou d’écran permet de reproduire.
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 gamut
- gamuts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gamut?
- /ɡa.myt/
- \ɡa.myt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gamut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gamut in French?
gamut appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).