emprunt
French, noun/ɑ̃.pʁœ̃/
emprunt is spelled E-M-P-R-U-N-T (7 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emprunt is a French masculine noun meaning “loan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou chose qu'on emprunte”.
What does emprunt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloan
- 2
masculineloan, borrowing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou chose qu'on emprunte. 2. Euphémisme, en parlant de vol, de plagiat. 3. Capitaux empruntés par un particulier, un État, une société financière. 4. Caractérise une chose artificielle, forcée.
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 emprunt
- emprunts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emprunt?
- /ɑ̃.pʁœ̃/
- \ɑ̃.pʁœ̃\
- \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emprunt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emprunt in French?
emprunt appears 8.9 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).