modiste
French, noun/mɔ.dist/
modiste is spelled M-O-D-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 82,784th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modiste is a French feminine noun meaning “modiste; milliner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dont le métier consiste à réaliser sur mesure des chapeaux et à les vendre dans sa boutique”.
What does modiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemodiste; milliner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrière en modes ; marchande de modes → voir modes. 2. Ouvrière qui confectionne les chapeaux féminins pour le marchand de modes (c’est-à-dire pour le modiste selon l’acception vieillie). 3. Personne dont le métier consiste à réaliser sur mesure des chapeaux et à les vendre dans sa boutique.
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 modiste
- modistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modiste?
- /mɔ.dist/
- \mɔ.dist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modiste in French?
modiste appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).