perte
French, noun/pɛʁt/
perte is spelled P-E-R-T-E (5 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written French, the 1,419th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perte is a French feminine noun meaning “loss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Privation de quelque chose de précieux, d’agréable, de commode, qu’on avait”.
What does perte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineloss
- 2
feminineruin; undoing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Privation de quelque chose de précieux, d’agréable, de commode, qu’on avait. 2. Don des mises après échec. 3. Disparition de personnes dont on est privé par la mort. 4. Soldats tués ou blessés dans une bataille.
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 perte
- pertes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perte?
- /pɛʁt/
- \pɛʁt\
- [pɛʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perte in French?
perte appears 59 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).