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palette

French, noun\pa.lɛt\

palette is spelled P-A-L-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palette is a French feminine noun meaning “palette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de raquette pleine avec laquelle les enfants jouent quelquefois au volant”.

What does palette mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepalette

  2. 2

    femininepallet, a wooden frame on which things are laden

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sorte de raquette pleine avec laquelle les enfants jouent quelquefois au volant. 2. Extrémité du bâton de hockey qui sert à manier ou à frapper la rondelle. 3. Protège-doigts, au tir à l’arc. 4. Plaque de bois dur, de porcelaine ou de faïence, ordinairement de forme ovale, sur laquelle les peintres placent leurs couleurs et qu’ils tiennent de la main non dominante (gauche pour les droitiers), à l’aide d’un trou pratiqué vers le bord pour y passer le pouce.

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 palette

  • palettes plural

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

How do you pronounce palette?

  • \pa.lɛt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to palette

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

How common is palette in French?

palette appears 5.1 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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