hâte
French, noun
hâte is spelled H-Â-T-E (4 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hâte is a French feminine noun meaning “haste; impatience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of hâter. With an accent, hâté is a different word: “past participle of hâter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extrême promptitude, vivacité, rapidité avec laquelle on fait quelque chose”.
What does hâte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaste; impatience
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of hâter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrême promptitude, vivacité, rapidité avec laquelle on fait quelque chose.
adjective: 1. Qui manifeste ou qui traduit de la hâte.
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 hâte
- hâtes plural
- hâtée feminine
- hâtés masculine plural
- hâtées feminine plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑt\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hâte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hâte in French?
hâte appears 25 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).