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helvétique

French, adjective/ɛl.ve.tik/

helvétique is spelled H-E-L-V-É-T-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helvétique is a French adjective meaning “Swiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suisse”.

What does helvétique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Swiss

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Suisse.

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 helvétique

  • helvétiques plural

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

How do you pronounce helvétique?

  • /ɛl.ve.tik/
  • \ɛl.ve.tik\

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

English words that translate to helvétique

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

How common is helvétique in French?

helvétique appears 1.4 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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