sommet
French, noun/sɔ.mɛ/
sommet is spelled S-O-M-M-E-T (6 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written French, the 1,857th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sommet is a French masculine noun meaning “summit, peak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie la plus élevée de quelque chose”.
What does sommet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesummit, peak
- 2
masculinesummit (a conference of leaders)
Nous avons convenu d’organiser régulièrement des sommets Royaume-Uni-UE réunissant les chefs d’État et de gouvernement pour examiner les progrès accomplis, en commençant par un sommet au cours du premier semestre de l’année prochaine.
- 3
masculinevertex (point on a curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature)
le sommet d'une parabole
- 4
masculinevertex, node
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie la plus élevée de quelque chose. 2. Degré le plus haut. 3. En géométrie, point commun aux deux côtés d’un angle. 4. Rassemblement de dirigeants, pour discuter de certains sujets.
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 sommet
- sommets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sommet?
- /sɔ.mɛ/
- \sɔ.mɛ\
- [sɔ.mɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sommet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sommet in French?
sommet appears 45 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).