objet
French, noun/ɔb.ʒɛ/
objet is spelled O-B-J-E-T (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written French, the 668th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Objet is a French masculine noun meaning “thing, object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chose tangible et visible, concrète. Chose perceptible par la vue et le toucher. Chose, dans un sens…”.
What does objet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinething, object
- 2
masculinein particular crafted or manufactured thing
- 3
masculineaim, goal
- 4
masculinemental representation, what is thought
- 5
masculinesource or target of feeling
- 6
masculineobject
- 7
masculineobject
- 8
masculinesubject line
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chose tangible et visible, concrète. Chose perceptible par la vue et le toucher. Chose, dans un sens indéterminé. 2. Chose fabriquée par l’homme ; artéfact. 3. Tout ce qui affecte les sens, tout ce qui intéresse les facultés de l’âme. 4. Ce qui est pensé, par opposition à l’être pensant ou sujet.
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 objet
- objets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce objet?
- /ɔb.ʒɛ/
- \ɔb.ʒɛ\
- [ob.ʒɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to objet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is objet in French?
objet appears 123 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).