chaste
French, adjective/ʃast/
chaste is a French adjective meaning “chaste; celibate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair”.
What does chaste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chaste; celibate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair. 2. Qui ne pratique pas les amours extraconjugales. 3. Qui pratique la chasteté. 4. Qui est pur, éloigné de tout ce qui blesse la pudeur, la modestie.
noun: 1. Personne qui s'adonne à la chasteté , qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair.
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 chaste
- chastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaste?
- /ʃast/
- \ʃast\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chaste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaste in French?
chaste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).