strette
French, noun/stʁɛt/
strette is a French feminine noun meaning “stretto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d’une fugue, dans laquelle les différentes voix répètent un fragment du sujet, chacune commençant…”.
What does strette mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d’une fugue, dans laquelle les différentes voix répètent un fragment du sujet, chacune commençant avant que l’autre ait fini, ce qui forme un dialogue vif et pressé. 2. Partie d’un morceau d’un rythme plus vif et serré précédant souvent la conclusion.
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 strette
- strettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce strette?
- /stʁɛt/
- \stʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is strette in French?
strette appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).