santé
French, noun/sɑ̃.te/
santé is a French feminine noun meaning “health” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État sain de l’organisme”.
What does santé mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehealth
en bonne santé
interjection
- 1
cheers! (as said when drinking)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État sain de l’organisme. 2. Bon état du moral, de la raison. 3. État de l’organisme, bon ou mauvais ; manière dont on se porte. 4. Verre bu en souhaitant à quelqu’un d’être en bonne santé.
interjection: 1. Se dit au moment de trinquer lorsque l’on porte un toast. 2. Formule de politesse que l’on adresse à une personne qui vient d’éternuer.
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 santé
- santés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santé?
- /sɑ̃.te/
- \sɑ̃.te\
- [sɑ̃.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to santé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is santé in French?
santé appears 166 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).