prête
French, verb
prête is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of prêt. With an accent, prêté is a different word: “past participle of prêter”.
What does prête mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of prêt
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of prêter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet d'un prêt.
noun: 1. Lien fait en osier et destiné à réunir les deux extrémités d'un cercle d'un tonneau.
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 prête
- prêtée feminine
- prêtés masculine plural
- prêtées feminine plural
- prêtes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to prête
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prête in French?
prête appears 42 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).