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halte

French, noun/alt/

halte is spelled H-A-L-T-E (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halte is a French feminine noun meaning “halt, pause, break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of halter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pause, station des gens de guerre dans leur marche”.

What does halte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehalt, pause, break

  2. 2

    femininehalting place

  3. 3

    feminineflag stop, way station

interjection

  1. 1

    halt, stop!

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pause, station des gens de guerre dans leur marche. 2. Pause ou station des individus quelconques qui s’arrêtent en marchant. 3. Le lieu où l'on fait halte. 4. Station secondaire, où le train prend des voyageurs mais pas de marchandises.

interjection: 1. Se dit pour faire arrêter des soldats.

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 halte

  • haltes plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\alt\ singular plural

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

How do you pronounce halte?

  • /alt/
  • ^((h aspiré))\alt\
  • [alt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to halte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is halte in French?

halte appears 6.0 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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