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traité

French, noun

traité is spelled T-R-A-I-T-É (6 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written French, the 1,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traité is a French masculine noun meaning “treatise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of traiter. Without its accent, traite is a different word: “milking”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage didactique où l’on traite d’un sujet”.

What does traité mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetreatise

  2. 2

    masculinetreaty (between states); an agreement (between a business and a government, or between two businesses)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of traiter

noun

as traite
  1. 1

    femininemilking

  2. 2

    femininebill of exchange

  3. 3

    femininehuman trafficking

  4. 4

    feminineslave trade

  5. 5

    datedfemininetransportation of goods; traffic

  6. 6

    femininejourney or route done without stopping

verb

as traite
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as traite
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of trait

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Parcours qu’un voyageur fait d’un lieu à un autre sans s’arrêter, sans se reposer. 2. Transport de certaines marchandises, telles que blés, vins, etc., d’une province à une autre, ou d’un état à un autre. 3. Trafic que font des bâtiments de commerce sur les côtes d’Afrique, en échangeant leurs marchandises contre de l’ivoire, de la gomme, de la poudre d’or, etc. 4. Commerce des esclaves.

adjective: 1. Qui suit un traitement ou en ayant suivi un récemment. 2. Dont on s’est occupé ; qui est résolu, corrigé.

noun: 1. Ouvrage didactique où l’on traite d’un sujet. 2. Convention solennelle faite entre des États. 3. Contrat, convention des particuliers entre eux ou avec l’administration.

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 traité

  • traites plural
  • traités plural
  • traitée feminine
  • traitées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to traité

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is traité in French?

traité appears 52 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).

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