cambrure
French, noun/kɑ̃.bʁyʁ/
cambrure is spelled C-A-M-B-R-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,913th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambrure is a French feminine noun meaning “instep, arch (of the foot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce d’une chaussure placée entre la semelle et le talon”.
What does cambrure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinstep, arch (of the foot)
- 2
femininecamber (of a road)
- 3
femininesmall of the back
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce d’une chaussure placée entre la semelle et le talon. 2. Courbure en arc. 3. Mouvement que l’on fait lorsqu’on se cambre. 4. Courbure longitudinale d’un ski qui en rehausse la partie centrale.
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 cambrure
- cambrures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambrure?
- /kɑ̃.bʁyʁ/
- \kɑ̃.bʁyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cambrure in French?
cambrure appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).