schiste
French, noun/ʃist/
schiste is spelled S-C-H-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiste is a French masculine noun meaning “shale, schist (sedimentary rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roche sédimentaire ou métamorphique (cristallophyllienne) à structure feuilletée et pouvant se diviser (se…”.
What does schiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshale, schist (sedimentary rock)
gaz de schiste
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roche sédimentaire ou métamorphique (cristallophyllienne) à structure feuilletée et pouvant se diviser (se cliver) facilement en lames ou feuilles. 2. Substance stérile mêlée au charbon. 3. Huile de schiste, utilisée autrefois pour l'éclairage.
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 schiste
- schistes plural
- chite
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schiste?
- /ʃist/
- \ʃist\
- [ʃist]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schiste in French?
schiste appears 3.4 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).