deuil
French, noun/dœj/
deuil is spelled D-E-U-I-L (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deuil is a French masculine noun meaning “bereavement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affliction, douleur qu’on éprouve lors du décès de quelqu’un, ou suite à une autre perte importante”.
What does deuil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebereavement
- 2
masculinemourning
deuil national
- 3
masculinemourning (clothes)
- 4
masculinefuneral procession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affliction, douleur qu’on éprouve lors du décès de quelqu’un, ou suite à une autre perte importante. 2. Grande tristesse causée par une chose funeste, déplorable. 3. Code vestimentaire qui caractérise la tristesse à l’occasion de la mort. 4. Décorum funéraire, marque extérieure de la douleur réglée par l’usage.
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 deuil
- deuils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deuil?
- /dœj/
- \dœj\
- [dœj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deuil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deuil in French?
deuil appears 13 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).