carrure
French, noun/ka.ʁyʁ/
carrure is spelled C-A-R-R-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carrure is a French feminine noun meaning “shoulders (of person, clothes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules”.
What does carrure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshoulders (of person, clothes)
- 2
femininebuild (physique of a human body)
- 3
femininecalibre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules. 2. Largeur du dos d’un habit. 3. Répartition d’une phrase musicale en mesures égales.
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 carrure
- carrures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carrure?
- /ka.ʁyʁ/
- /kɑ.ʁyʁ/
- \ka.ʁyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carrure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carrure in French?
carrure appears 1.3 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).