embué
French, adjective\ɑ̃.bɥe\
embué is spelled E-M-B-U-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embué is a French adjective meaning “misted up (covered in condensation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of embuer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est couvert de buée”.
What does embué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
misted up (covered in condensation)
verb
- 1
past participle of embuer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est couvert de buée.
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 embué
- embuée feminine
- embués masculine plural
- embuées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embué?
- \ɑ̃.bɥe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embué in French?
embué appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).