allure
French, noun
allure is spelled A-L-L-U-R-E (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allure is a French feminine noun meaning “appearance, look” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, alluré is a different word: “alluring, elegant”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Façon d’aller, de marcher”.
What does allure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineappearance, look
- 2
femininespeed, pace
à vive allure
- 3
feminineangle of a boat from the wind
- 4
femininegait (of a horse)
- 5
femininechemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)
adjective
- 1
alluring, elegant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Façon d’aller, de marcher. 2. Apparence. 3. Vitesse de déplacement. 4. Temps mis pour parcourir une distance donnée.
adjective: 1. Qui a de l’élégance, de l’allure.
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 allure
- allures plural
- allurée feminine
- allurés masculine plural
- allurées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to allure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allure in French?
allure appears 11 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).