satellite
French, noun/sa.tɛ.lit/
satellite is spelled S-A-T-E-L-L-I-T-E (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Satellite is a French masculine noun meaning “satellite (moon or other celestial body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet naturel ou artificiel qui orbite autour d’une planète”.
What does satellite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesatellite (moon or other celestial body)
- 2
masculinesatellite (man-made apparatus)
adjective
- 1
satellite (man-made apparatus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet naturel ou artificiel qui orbite autour d’une planète. 2. Objet naturel ou artificiel animé d’un mouvement quasi périodique autour d’un corps de masse prépondérante, ce mouvement étant principalement déterminé par le champ de gravité de ce dernier. 3. Pignon satellite ; élément d’un différentiel automobile. 4. Homme armé qui est aux gages et à la suite d’un autre dont il exécute les volontés.
adjective: 1. Périphérique, situé autour. 2. Toujours situé à proximité d’une structure.
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 satellite
- satellites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce satellite?
- /sa.tɛ.lit/
- /sa.te.lit/
- \sa.te.lit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to satellite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is satellite in French?
satellite appears 12 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).