stèle
French, noun/stɛl/
stèle is a French feminine noun meaning “stele (upright slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monument monolithe ayant la forme d’un fût de colonne, d’un obélisque, d’une dalle dressée et sculptée ou…”.
What does stèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestele (upright slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions)
- 2
femininestele (central core of a plant's root and stem system)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monument monolithe ayant la forme d’un fût de colonne, d’un obélisque, d’une dalle dressée et sculptée ou peinte, qui sert le plus souvent à marquer l’emplacement d’une sépulture. 2. Partie centrale des tiges et des racines des plantes vasculaires entourée de l'endoderme et comprenant la moelle, le bois, le liber et les formations libéroligneuses.
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 stèle
- stèles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stèle?
- /stɛl/
- \stɛl\
- [stɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stèle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stèle in French?
stèle appears 1.5 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).