cireux
French, adjective/si.ʁø/
cireux is spelled C-I-R-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cireux is a French adjective meaning “waxen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la cire”.
What does cireux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
waxen
- 2
waxy, sallow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la cire. 2. Qui a l'aspect ou l'allure de la cire.
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 cireux
- cireuse feminine
- cireuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cireux?
- /si.ʁø/
- \si.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cireux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cireux in French?
cireux appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).