céruse
French, noun/se.ʁyz/
céruse is spelled C-É-R-U-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Céruse is a French feminine noun meaning “white lead, ceruse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-carbonate de plomb (PbCO₃), pigment de couleur blanche”.
What does céruse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewhite lead, ceruse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-carbonate de plomb (PbCO₃), pigment de couleur blanche.
adjective: 1. (En parlant du bois) Dont les micro-cavités et rainures naturelles ont été comblées avec de la céruse ou tout autre substance blanche du même genre.
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 céruse
- céruses plural
- cérusés plural masculine
- cérusée singular feminine
- cérusées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce céruse?
- /se.ʁyz/
- \se.ʁyz\
- \se.ʁy.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is céruse in French?
céruse appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).