ému
French, adjective/e.my/
ému is spelled É-M-U (3 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ému is a French adjective meaning “touched, moved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of émouvoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En proie à une émotion plus ou moins vive”.
What does ému mean in English?
adjective
- 1
touched, moved
verb
- 1
past participle of émouvoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En proie à une émotion plus ou moins vive. 2. Qui manifeste une émotion.
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 ému
- émue feminine
- émus masculine plural
- émues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ému?
- /e.my/
- \e.my\
- [e.mu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ému
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ému in French?
ému appears 5.2 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).