chaleur
French, noun/ʃa.lœʁ/
chaleur is spelled C-H-A-L-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaleur is a French feminine noun meaning “heat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est chaud, sensation produite par un corps chaud”.
What does chaleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheat
Il craint la chaleur.
- 2
feminineheat (a state of sexual aggression)
Les lapins sont en chaleur.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est chaud, sensation produite par un corps chaud. 2. Sensation de chaud qui ordinairement est incommode. 3. Température produite par l’action du soleil, du feu ou de toute autre cause. 4. Énergie calorifique.
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 chaleur
- chaleurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaleur?
- /ʃa.lœʁ/
- \ʃa.lœʁ\
- [ʃa.lœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chaleur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaleur in French?
chaleur appears 38 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).