douceur
French, noun/du.sœʁ/
douceur is spelled D-O-U-C-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douceur is a French feminine noun meaning “softness, tenderness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est doux ; la chose même qui a cette qualité”.
What does douceur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesoftness, tenderness
- 2
femininesweetness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est doux ; la chose même qui a cette qualité. 2. Friandises ou gourmandises propres à flatter le goût, sucreries. 3. Choses morales qui flattent l’âme, l’esprit, comme les substances douces flattent le goût. 4. Façon d’agir douce et éloignée de toute sorte de violence, modération.
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 douceur
- douceurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douceur?
- /du.sœʁ/
- \du.sœʁ\
- [du.sœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to douceur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douceur in French?
douceur appears 18 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).