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occulte

French, noun

occulte is spelled O-C-C-U-L-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occulte is a French masculine noun meaning “occult (supernatural affairs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of occulter. With an accent, occulté is a different word: “past participle of occulter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Adepte de l’occultisme”.

What does occulte mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    occult

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoccult (supernatural affairs)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as occulté
  1. 1

    past participle of occulter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est caché, secret ou mystérieux. 2. Qui est relatif à l’occultisme.

noun: 1. Adepte de l’occultisme.

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 occulte

  • occultes plural
  • occultée feminine
  • occultés masculine plural
  • occultées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to occulte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is occulte in French?

occulte appears 2.2 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).

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