orbite
French, noun
orbite is spelled O-R-B-I-T-E (6 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orbite is a French feminine noun meaning “orbit (path of one object around another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of orbiter. With an accent, orbité is a different word: “past participle of orbiter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cavité osseuse dans laquelle l’œil est placé”.
What does orbite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorbit (path of one object around another)
- 2
feminineeye socket
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of orbiter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavité osseuse dans laquelle l’œil est placé. 2. Trajectoire elliptique ou circulaire décrite par un astre autour d’un autre ou du barycentre de plusieurs astres, sous l'effet de la gravitation. 3. Influence. 4. Ensemble des éléments associés à un élément unique sous l’action d’un groupe.
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 orbite
- orbites plural
- orbitée feminine
- orbités masculine plural
- orbitées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to orbite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orbite in French?
orbite appears 7.9 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).