veste
French, noun/vɛst/
veste is spelled V-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veste is a French feminine noun meaning “jacket (garment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de vêtement court et sans basques”.
What does veste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejacket (garment)
retourner sa veste
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de vêtement court et sans basques. 2. Chemise à manches longues (ou cardigan) et souvent à fermeture éclair habituellement portée l’hiver. 3. Échec, déconvenue. 4. Une des trois ou quatre enveloppes successives du cocon du ver à soie.
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 veste
- vestes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce veste?
- /vɛst/
- \vɛst\
- [vɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to veste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veste in French?
veste appears 17 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).