douloureuse
French, noun/du.lu.ʁøz/
douloureuse is spelled D-O-U-L-O-U-R-E-U-S-E (11 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douloureuse is a French feminine noun meaning “the bill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of douloureux. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Facture, note à payer, addition à payer”.
What does douloureuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalthe bill
payer la douloureuse
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of douloureux
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Facture, note à payer, addition à payer.
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 douloureuse
- douloureuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douloureuse?
- /du.lu.ʁøz/
- \du.lu.ʁøz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to douloureuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douloureuse in French?
douloureuse appears 4.9 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).