pente
French, noun/pɑ̃t/
pente is spelled P-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pente is a French feminine noun meaning “slope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inclinaison d’un terrain ; toute déclivité en montée ou en descente”.
What does pente mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslope
en pente douce
- 2
femininegradient
- 3
feminineinclination, tendency
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inclinaison d’un terrain ; toute déclivité en montée ou en descente. 2. Inclination ; penchant ; propension ; tendance. 3. Pièce d’étoffe qui tombe du ciel de lit, du lambrequin ou du bandeau d’une fenêtre. 4. Partie latérale d’une tente qui pend verticalement.
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 pente
- pentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pente?
- /pɑ̃t/
- \pɑ̃t\
- [pɑ̃t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pente in French?
pente appears 11 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).