impôt
French, noun/ɛ̃.po/
impôt is spelled I-M-P-Ô-T (5 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impôt is a French masculine noun meaning “tax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prélèvement pécuniaire, établi par la loi, obligatoire et sans contrepartie directe, perçu par l’État ou les…”.
What does impôt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetax
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prélèvement pécuniaire, établi par la loi, obligatoire et sans contrepartie directe, perçu par l’État ou les collectivités publiques afin de financer les dépenses publiques. 2. Ce qu’on paie pour des besoins imaginaires, pour des plaisirs.
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 impôt
- impôts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impôt?
- /ɛ̃.po/
- \ɛ̃.po\
- [ɛ̃.po]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impôt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impôt in French?
impôt appears 37 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).