zénith
French, noun/ze.nit/
zénith is spelled Z-É-N-I-T-H (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zénith is a French masculine noun meaning “zenith” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point du ciel qui est situé directement au-dessus de notre tête et auquel aboutirait une ligne verticale…”.
What does zénith mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezenith
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point du ciel qui est situé directement au-dessus de notre tête et auquel aboutirait une ligne verticale élevée du point où nous sommes. 2. Point culminant.
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 zénith
- zéniths plural
- zénit
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zénith?
- /ze.nit/
- \ze.nit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zénith
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zénith in French?
zénith appears 3.5 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).