namasté
French, interjection/na.mas.te/
namasté is a French interjection meaning “namaste (a greeting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parole de salutation traditionnelle en Inde”.
What does namasté mean in English?
interjection
- 1
namaste (a greeting)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Parole de salutation traditionnelle en Inde.
noun: 1. Geste de salutation traditionnel en Inde.
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 namasté
- namastés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce namasté?
- /na.mas.te/
- \na.mas.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 namasté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is namasté in French?
namasté appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).