savate
French, noun/sa.vat/
savate is spelled S-A-V-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Savate is a French feminine noun meaning “savate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vieille pantoufle, vieux soulier très usé”.
What does savate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesavate
- 2
colloquialfeminineold slipper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vieille pantoufle, vieux soulier très usé. 2. Sport de combat où le pied joue le principal rôle. 3. Réglisse en gros bâton. 4. Tongs, dites savates deux doigts.
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 savate
- savates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce savate?
- /sa.vat/
- \sa.vat\
- \savat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is savate in French?
savate appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).