principe
French, noun/pʁɛ̃.sip/
principe is a French masculine noun meaning “principle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commencement ; origine ; source ; cause première”.
What does principe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprinciple
- 2
masculinebeginning; start; commencement
dès le principe
- 3
archaicmasculinesource; origin; cause
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Commencement ; origine ; source ; cause première. 2. Première règle d’un art ou d'une discipline. 3. Première et plus évidente des vérités qui peut être connue par la raison. 4. Règle de fonctionnement.
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 principe
- principes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce principe?
- /pʁɛ̃.sip/
- \pʁɛ̃.sip\
- [pʁɛ̃.sip]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to principe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is principe in French?
principe appears 83 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).