vêtu
French, adjective/vɛ.ty/
vêtu is spelled V-Ê-T-U (4 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vêtu is a French adjective meaning “dressed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vêtir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enveloppé dans un vêtement”.
What does vêtu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dressed
- 2
clothed (in a specified tincture)
- 3
covered with a vêtement (four triangles of a specified tincture which cover the corner of the shield, leaving a lozenge of the field in the middle)
verb
- 1
past participle of vêtir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Enveloppé dans un vêtement. 2. Il se dit particulièrement en parlant des habits de dignité. 3. Être à l’intérieur d’une enveloppe protectrice. 4. Se dit d’un être humain représenté avec un vêtement particulier.
noun: 1. Celui qui est habillé. 2. Division d’un écu résultant d’un chapé et d’un chaussé, c’est-à-dire le complément au losange dont les pointes touchent les bords de l’écu.
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 vêtu
- vêtue feminine
- vêtus masculine plural
- vêtues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vêtu?
- /vɛ.ty/
- /ve.ty/
- \ve.ty\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vêtu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vêtu in French?
vêtu appears 3.7 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).