Skip to main content

déluré

French, adjective/de.ly.ʁe/

déluré is spelled D-É-L-U-R-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déluré is a French adjective meaning “sharp, smart, resourceful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a un esprit vif et hardi, une allure dégagée, qui est dégourdi”.

What does déluré mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sharp, smart, resourceful

  2. 2

    forward

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a un esprit vif et hardi, une allure dégagée, qui est dégourdi. 2. Qui fait preuve de liberté dans son comportement et sa conduite, parfois jugés excessifs, voire provocants. → voir dévergondé et effronté

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 déluré

  • délurée feminine
  • délurés masculine plural
  • délurées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce déluré?

  • /de.ly.ʁe/
  • \de.ly.ʁe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is déluré in French?

déluré 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).

What to look up after déluré