participe
French, noun
participe is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-E (9 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written French, the 2,767th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Participe is a French masculine noun meaning “participle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of participer. With an accent, participé is a different word: “past participle of participer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme verbale ayant à la fois le sens du verbe et la nature de l’adjectif”.
What does participe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparticiple
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of participer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forme verbale ayant à la fois le sens du verbe et la nature de l’adjectif. 2. Qui participe de quelque chose, qui tient de la nature de quelque chose.
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 participe
- participes plural
- participée feminine
- participés masculine plural
- participées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to participe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is participe in French?
participe appears 29 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).