brave
French, noun
brave is spelled B-R-A-V-E (5 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brave is a French masculine noun meaning “hero” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bravé is a different word: “past participle of braver”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne courageuse, vaillante”.
What does brave mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brave
- 2
honest
noun
- 1
masculinehero
verb
- 1
past participle of braver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Courageux ; vaillant 2. Serviable ; honnête ; bon ; obligeant. 3. Qualifie une personne très gentille mais un peu stupide. 4. (Belgique) Gentil, serviable, accommodant, obligeant.
noun: 1. Personne courageuse, vaillante. 2. Assassin à gages; spadassin, bretteur.
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 brave
- braves plural
- bravée feminine
- bravés masculine plural
- bravées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brave in French?
brave appears 8.1 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).