stratagème
French, noun/stʁa.ta.ʒɛm/
stratagème is spelled S-T-R-A-T-A-G-È-M-E (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stratagème is a French masculine noun meaning “stratagem, trick, ploy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ruse de guerre”.
What does stratagème mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestratagem, trick, ploy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ruse de guerre. 2. Ruse, feinte, manœuvre, moyen artificieux dont on use dans toutes sortes d’affaires. 3. Plan d'action pensé préalablement pour éviter les obstacles éventuels.
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 stratagème
- stratagèmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stratagème?
- /stʁa.ta.ʒɛm/
- \stʁa.ta.ʒɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stratagème
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stratagème in French?
stratagème appears 1.5 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).