ampleur
French, noun/ɑ̃.plœʁ/
ampleur is spelled A-M-P-L-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ampleur is a French feminine noun meaning “scale, size, extent, scope (of problem, project, deficit etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est ample”.
What does ampleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescale, size, extent, scope (of problem, project, deficit etc.)
- 2
femininevolume (of sound)
- 3
femininefullness
- 4
feminineopulence, liberalness (of style etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est ample.
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 ampleur
- ampleurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ampleur?
- /ɑ̃.plœʁ/
- \ɑ̃.plœʁ\
- [ɑ̃plœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ampleur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ampleur in French?
ampleur appears 16 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).