blême
French, adjective
blême is spelled B-L-Ê-M-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blême is a French adjective meaning “pale, wan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, blème is a different word: “problem, worry, trouble”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Très pâle, plus que pâle. – Note d’usage : S’utilise surtout en parlant du visage, du teint”.
What does blême mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pale, wan
noun
- 1
masculineslangproblem, worry, trouble
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Très pâle, plus que pâle. – Note d’usage : S’utilise surtout en parlant du visage, du teint. 2. Qualifie un objet d’une couleur très pâle.
noun: 1. Lueur blafarde.
noun: 1. Problème ; souci ; difficulté.
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 blême
- blêmes plural
- blèmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to blême
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blême in French?
blême appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).