débris
French, noun/de.bʁi/
débris is spelled D-É-B-R-I-S (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débris is a French masculine noun meaning “debris” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reste d’une chose brisée ou en partie détruite”.
What does débris mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedebris
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reste d’une chose brisée ou en partie détruite. 2. Les restes d'un repas. 3. Ce qui reste d’une chose après sa ruine, sa destruction, son abolition ; bien qui reste à quelqu’un après un revers de fortune ; troupes qui restent après la défaite d’une armée, d’un corps, etc. 4. Personne physiquement débile.
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.
How do you pronounce débris?
- /de.bʁi/
- \de.bʁi\
- [de.bʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to débris
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is débris in French?
débris appears 7.4 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).