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censure

French, noun

censure is spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Censure is a French feminine noun meaning “censorship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of censurer. With an accent, censuré is a different word: “past participle of censurer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Examen qu’un gouvernement fait faire des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en…”.

What does censure mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecensorship

  2. 2

    feminineellipsis of motion de censure (“confidence motion”)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as censuré
  1. 1

    past participle of censurer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Examen qu’un gouvernement fait faire des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en permettre la publication ou la représentation. 2. Corps des personnes chargées de cet examen. 3. Correction, répréhension, interdiction de publication. 4. Silence médiatique concernant une publication ou une information.

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 censure

  • censures plural
  • censurée feminine
  • censurés masculine plural
  • censurées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to censure

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is censure in French?

censure appears 14 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).

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