cerveau
French, noun/sɛʁ.vo/
cerveau is spelled C-E-R-V-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written French, the 1,739th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerveau is a French masculine noun meaning “brain (organ of thought)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organe central supervisant le système nerveux des animaux présentant une céphalisation ; encéphale”.
What does cerveau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrain (organ of thought)
- 2
masculinesinus cavity, sinuses
- 3
masculinenostril
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organe central supervisant le système nerveux des animaux présentant une céphalisation ; encéphale. 2. (plus précisément) La partie supérieure de l'encéphale, régissant les fonctions supérieures : diencéphale et télencéphale. 3. Siège des facultés mentales, de la pensée. 4. Centre organisateur qui gère et supervise ou personne qui a mis un plan sur pied.
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 cerveau
- cerveaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerveau?
- /sɛʁ.vo/
- \sɛʁ.vo\
- [sɛʁ.vo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cerveau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cerveau in French?
cerveau appears 48 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).