rivalité
French, noun/ʁi.va.li.te/
rivalité is spelled R-I-V-A-L-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rivalité is a French feminine noun meaning “rivalry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Concurrence de deux ou de plusieurs personnes qui aspirent, qui prétendent à la même chose”.
What does rivalité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerivalry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Concurrence de deux ou de plusieurs personnes qui aspirent, qui prétendent à la même chose.
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 rivalité
- rivalités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rivalité?
- /ʁi.va.li.te/
- \ʁi.va.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rivalité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rivalité in French?
rivalité appears 4.9 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).