secte
French, noun/sɛkt/
secte is spelled S-E-C-T-E (5 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secte is a French feminine noun meaning “sect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de personnes professant une même doctrine religieuse, philosophique ou autre”.
What does secte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious beliefs)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de personnes professant une même doctrine religieuse, philosophique ou autre. 2. Groupe dissident minoritaire, clos sur lui-même et créé en opposition à des pratiques religieuses dominantes. 3. Groupe religieux, philosophique, spirituel ou pseudoscientifique dont la visée est de mettre sous emprise et d’exploiter ses adeptes au profit d’un ou plusieurs gourous. 4. Communauté juive, Juifs.
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 secte
- sectes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secte?
- /sɛkt/
- \sɛkt\
- [sɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to secte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secte in French?
secte appears 7.6 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).