sieste
French, noun/sjɛst/
sieste is spelled S-I-E-S-T-E (6 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sieste is a French feminine noun meaning “siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sommeil auquel on se livre après le déjeuner, pendant la chaleur du jour”.
What does sieste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesiesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
faire la sieste
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sommeil auquel on se livre après le déjeuner, pendant la chaleur du jour.
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 sieste
- siestes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sieste?
- /sjɛst/
- \sjɛst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sieste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sieste in French?
sieste appears 5.4 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).