vitesse
French, noun/vi.tɛs/
vitesse is spelled V-I-T-E-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written French, the 1,164th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vitesse is a French feminine noun meaning “speed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Allure, rapidité lors d’un mouvement”.
What does vitesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespeed
- 2
femininegear
à deux vitesses
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Allure, rapidité lors d’un mouvement. 2. En particulier, distance parcourue en une unité de temps 3. En particulier, quantification de l'angle ou du nombre de tours parcourus en une unité de temps. 4. Allure, rapidité lors d’un mouvement, différents d'une distance parcourue en un temps déterminé.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de vitesse.
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 vitesse
- vitesses plural
- vistesse archaic
- vîtesse archaic
- vîtesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vitesse?
- /vi.tɛs/
- \vi.tɛs\
- [la vi.tɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vitesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vitesse in French?
vitesse appears 72 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).