bleuir

\blø.iʁ\

/\blø.iʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“bleuir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre bleu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bleuir · bleuir · French

bleuir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for bleuir
PropertyValue
Headwordbleuir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blø.iʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bleuir » en français

bleuirsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bleuir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \blø.iʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bleuir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bleuir, spelled B-L-E-U-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre bleu.
  2. 2
    Devenir bleu.
  3. 3
    Rendre définitif, confirmer une décision, un arbitrage.
  4. 4
    Action de transformer un ou plusieurs liens rouges invalides d’un wiki, en liens bleus valides, par la création de l’article sur lequel pointaient les liens rouges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bleuir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y a des engueulades qui rougissent les yeux, bleuissent les joues, crispent les poings, arrachent les cheveux, cassent les œufs, renversent les éventaires, dépoitraillent les matrones, et me remplissent d'une joie pure.
  2. Il étalait un coup de poing qui lui bleuissait la joue, tout gonflé de la joie d’être remarqué.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bleuir"?
"bleuir" is spelled B-L-E-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \blø.iʁ\.
What does "bleuir" mean?
As a verb, "bleuir" means: Rendre bleu.
How do you pronounce "bleuir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bleuir" is \blø.iʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bleuir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list