gratuité
French, noun
gratuité is spelled G-R-A-T-U-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratuité is a French feminine noun meaning “the quality of being provided gratis, of being free of charge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, gratuite is a different word: “feminine singular of gratuit”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est gratuit”.
What does gratuité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe quality of being provided gratis, of being free of charge
La gratuité de l'école publique en France.
- 2
femininethe quality of being gratuitous (unwarranted or unjustified); gratuitousness
La gratuité de son hypothèse affaiblit cette théorie.
- 3
femininethe quality of being gratuitous (without necessity or reason); gratuitousness
La gratuité de ce meurtre me rend malade.
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of gratuit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est gratuit. 2. Ce qui est un pur don de Dieu.
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 gratuité
- gratuités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gratuité in French?
gratuité appears 17 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).