taxe
French, noun
taxe is spelled T-A-X-E (4 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taxe is a French feminine noun meaning “tax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of taxer. With an accent, taxé is a different word: “past participle of taxer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tarification officielle fixant le prix de certaines denrées ou de certains services”.
What does taxe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetax
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of taxer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tarification officielle fixant le prix de certaines denrées ou de certains services. 2. Prélèvement obligatoire perçu par une collectivité publique en échange d’un service ou d’une prestation donnant lieu à une contrepartie individualisable. 3. Synonyme courant d’impôt ou d’imposition, sans distinction technique.
adjective: 1. Qualifie un produit ou un service qui est soumis à la taxation.
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 taxe
- taxes plural
- taxée feminine
- taxés masculine plural
- taxées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to taxe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taxe in French?
taxe appears 31 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).