civière
French, noun/si.vjɛʁ/
civière is spelled C-I-V-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civière is a French feminine noun meaning “stretcher (for carrying injured people, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif muni de brancards sur lequel on porte à bras des fardeaux”.
What does civière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestretcher (for carrying injured people, etc.)
- 2
femininethe rank of a noble without a fief
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif muni de brancards sur lequel on porte à bras des fardeaux. 2. Dispositif destiné au portage des malades et blessés. 3. Noble sans fief, voire ruiné.
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 civière
- civières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civière?
- /si.vjɛʁ/
- \si.vjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to civière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civière in French?
civière appears 1.0 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).