karité
French, noun\ka.ʁi.te\
karité is spelled K-A-R-I-T-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karité is a French masculine noun meaning “shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de Vitellaria paradoxa et de ses sous-espèces, arbre de la famille des Sapotacées…”.
What does karité mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de Vitellaria paradoxa et de ses sous-espèces, arbre de la famille des Sapotacées (Sapotaceae), originaire des savanes situées au sud du tropique du Cancer ; ses graines oléagineuses fournissent une matière grasse nommée beurre de karité
noun: 1. Bière conventuelle.
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 karité
- karités plural
- karites plural
- carite
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce karité?
- \ka.ʁi.te\
- [ka.ʁi.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to karité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is karité in French?
karité appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).