contour
French, noun/kɔ̃.tuʁ/
contour is spelled C-O-N-T-O-U-R (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contour is a French masculine noun meaning “contour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Limite externe de la surface d’un corps, surtout en parlant des objets arrondis”.
What does contour mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Limite externe de la surface d’un corps, surtout en parlant des objets arrondis. 2. Silhouette, profil, périmètre, ligne de délinéation. 3. Enceinte. 4. Virage.
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 contour
- contours plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contour?
- /kɔ̃.tuʁ/
- \kɔ̃.tuʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contour
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contour in French?
contour appears 2.8 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).