discours
French, noun/dis.kuʁ/
discours is spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-S (8 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written French, the 941st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discours is a French masculine noun meaning “speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée”.
What does discours mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespeech
discours direct
- 2
masculinespeech, address, talk, oral presentation
prononcer un discours devant une assemblée
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée. 2. Exposé ou traité sur un sujet quelconque. 3. Propos de la conversation, choses que l’on dit dans le commerce habituel de la vie. 4. Texte lu ou propos improvisés devant un public.
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 discours?
- /dis.kuʁ/
- \dis.kuʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to discours
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discours in French?
discours appears 89 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).