modéliste
French, noun\mɔ.de.list\
modéliste is spelled M-O-D-É-L-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modéliste is a French feminine noun meaning “fashion designer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne chargée de créer le patron d’un vêtement (les formes des différentes pièces du vêtement)”.
What does modéliste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinefashion designer
- 2
femininemasculinemodel maker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne chargée de créer le patron d’un vêtement (les formes des différentes pièces du vêtement). 2. Personne pratiquant le modélisme.
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 modéliste
- modélistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modéliste?
- \mɔ.de.list\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is modéliste in French?
modéliste appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).