thème
French, noun/tɛm/
thème is spelled T-H-È-M-E (5 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written French, the 2,074th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thème is a French masculine noun meaning “theme, topic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sujet, matière ou proposition que l’on entreprend de prouver ou d’éclaircir”.
What does thème mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetheme, topic
un parc à thèmes
- 2
masculinesubject, theme
- 3
masculinetheme (what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme)
- 4
masculinestem of (usually) a noun or verb, to which inflectional endings are attached
Near-synonym: radical
- 5
masculinetranslation from one's mother tongue into another language
le thème latin
- 6
masculinechart
thème astral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sujet, matière ou proposition que l’on entreprend de prouver ou d’éclaircir. 2. Phrase musicale qui sert de sujet à une composition. 3. Élément d’un énoncé indiquant de quoi on parle, par opposition au propos, qui indique ce qu'on a à dire au sujet du thème. 4. Traduction de la langue maternelle vers une langue étrangère.
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 thème
- thèmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thème?
- /tɛm/
- \tɛm\
- [tɛm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thème
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thème in French?
thème appears 40 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).