route
French, noun
route is spelled R-O-U-T-E (5 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written French, the 553rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Route is a French feminine noun meaning “road (sometimes route like "Route 66")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, routé is a different word: “past participle of router”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voie praticable par les voitures en dehors des agglomérations”.
What does route mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroad (sometimes route like "Route 66")
- 2
feminineroute, way, path
verb
- 1
past participle of router
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voie praticable par les voitures en dehors des agglomérations. 2. Ensemble de ces voies. 3. Le transport sur route. 4. Grande allée percée dans un bois, dans une forêt, pour la commodité du charroi, de la chasse, de la promenade, etc.
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 route
- routes plural
- routée feminine
- routés masculine plural
- routées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to route
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is route in French?
route appears 148 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).