mystère
French, noun/mis.tɛʁ/
mystère is spelled M-Y-S-T-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mystère is a French masculine noun meaning “mystery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’une religion a de plus caché, ce qui n’est connu que des initiés”.
What does mystère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemystery
- 2
masculinemystery play
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qu’une religion a de plus caché, ce qui n’est connu que des initiés. 2. Vérité de foi contenue dans la révélation et qui, sans contredire la raison, la dépasse. 3. Ce qu’il y a de caché, de secret, d'inconnaissable dans les phénomènes de la nature ; ce qui est inexplicable par la raison humaine. 4. Ce qu’il y a de caché, de secret dans les affaires humaines.
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 mystère
- mystères plural
- mistère
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mystère?
- /mis.tɛʁ/
- \mi.stɛʁ\
- [ɛ̃ mi.stɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mystère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mystère in French?
mystère appears 22 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).