starlette
French, noun/staʁ.lɛt/
starlette is spelled S-T-A-R-L-E-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Starlette is a French feminine noun meaning “starlet (young promising actress)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Actrice de cinéma dont la gloire ou la célébrité n'est encore que potentielle”.
What does starlette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestarlet (young promising actress)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Actrice de cinéma dont la gloire ou la célébrité n'est encore que potentielle.
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 starlette
- starlettes plural
- starlett
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce starlette?
- /staʁ.lɛt/
- \staʁ.lɛt\
- [ɬ͡staʁ.lɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to starlette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is starlette in French?
starlette appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).