vétéran
French, noun/ve.te.ʁɑ̃/
vétéran is spelled V-É-T-É-R-A-N (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vétéran is a French masculine noun meaning “veteran” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien soldat”.
What does vétéran mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineveteran
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancien soldat. 2. Soldat qui avait obtenu son congé après avoir longtemps servi. 3. Soldat depuis longtemps sous les drapeaux. 4. Personne âgée, ancien, vieillard, vieux.
adjective: 1. Qui a des qualités de vétéran, qui se rapporte aux vétérans.
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 vétéran
- vétérans plural
- vétérane feminine
- vétérante feminine
- vétéranes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vétéran?
- /ve.te.ʁɑ̃/
- \ve.te.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vétéran
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vétéran in French?
vétéran appears 2.8 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).