somme
French, noun
somme is spelled S-O-M-M-E (5 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written French, the 1,441st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somme is a French feminine noun meaning “sum; total” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of sommer. With an accent, sommé is a different word: “past participle of sommer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Résultat de l’addition de plusieurs nombres”.
What does somme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesum; total
Il a reçu une somme de 300 euros.
noun
- 1
masculinenap; doze; quick sleep
noun
- 1
femininepacksaddle
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of sommer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Résultat de l’addition de plusieurs nombres. 2. Quantité d’argent. 3. (Au singulier, précédé de l'article indéfini une) Quantité d'argent élevée, considérable. 4. Ensemble, totalité.
noun: 1. Temps de sommeil.
noun: 1. Bât.
adjective: 1. Qui est coiffé ; qui est surmonté. 2. Qui est surmonté.
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 somme
- sommes plural
- sommée feminine
- sommés masculine plural
- sommées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to somme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somme in French?
somme appears 58 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).