perpette
French, noun/pɛʁ.pɛt/
perpette is spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perpette is a French feminine noun meaning “perpetuity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perpétuité, longue durée, éternité”.
What does perpette mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfeminineperpetuity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perpétuité, longue durée, éternité. 2. Peine de prison à perpétuité. 3. Grande distance.
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 perpette
- perpettes plural
- perpète
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perpette?
- /pɛʁ.pɛt/
- \pɛʁ.pɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perpette in French?
perpette appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).