strate
French, noun/stʁat/
strate is spelled S-T-R-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strate is a French feminine noun meaning “stratum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couche, niveau parmi plusieurs”.
What does strate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestratum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couche, niveau parmi plusieurs. 2. Couche homogène d’une roche sédimentaire dont l’épaisseur peut varier de quelques centimètres à quelques centaines de mètres. 3. Étagement vertical d’un peuplement végétal. 4. Langue constituant la base d’un langage parlé.
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 strate
- strates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce strate?
- /stʁat/
- \stʁat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to strate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is strate in French?
strate 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).