protée
French, noun/pʁɔ.te/
protée is spelled P-R-O-T-É-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protée is a French feminine noun meaning “mudpuppy, waterdog (amphibian of Proteidae family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui change continuellement de manières, d’opinions, qui joue toutes sortes de rôles”.
What does protée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemudpuppy, waterdog (amphibian of Proteidae family)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui change continuellement de manières, d’opinions, qui joue toutes sortes de rôles. 2. Amphibien urodèle cavernicole à branchies persistantes. 3. Papillon de la famille des Lycaenidae, aussi appelé « azuré des mouillères ».
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Protéacées.
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 protée
- protées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protée?
- /pʁɔ.te/
- \pʁɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is protée in French?
protée appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).