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gîte

French, noun

gîte is spelled G-Î-T-E (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gîte is a French masculine noun meaning “shelter; lodging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of gîter. Without its accent, gite is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. With an accent, gîté is a different word: “past participle of gîter”. With an accent, gité is a different word: “past participle of giter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où on habite et où on dort ordinairement”.

What does gîte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshelter; lodging

  2. 2

    masculinegîte (self-catering holiday home)

  3. 3

    masculinebeef shin

noun

  1. 1

    femininelist (inclination of a ship)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as gite
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as gîté
  1. 1

    past participle of gîter

verb

as gité
  1. 1

    past participle of giter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lieu où on habite et où on dort ordinairement. 2. Lieu où dorment les voyageurs. 3. Lieu où le lièvre ou le sanglier repose. 4. Celle des deux meules d’un moulin qui est immobile.

noun: 1. Inclinaison transversale d’un navire, relativement durable (par opposition au roulis généralement dû à la poussée vélique) dans une direction qui n’est pas parallèle à l’axe longitudinal du navire.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de gîte.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de gîte.

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 gîte

  • gîtes plural
  • gite alternative
  • gîtée feminine
  • gîtés masculine plural
  • gîtées feminine plural
  • gitée feminine
  • gités masculine plural
  • gitées feminine plural
  • gites plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is gîte in French?

gîte appears 2.3 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).

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