encolure
French, noun/ɑ̃.kɔ.lyʁ/
encolure is spelled E-N-C-O-L-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encolure is a French feminine noun meaning “neck (of a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie du corps qui s’étend, chez un animal, depuis la tête jusqu’aux épaules et au poitrail”.
What does encolure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneck (of a horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie du corps qui s’étend, chez un animal, depuis la tête jusqu’aux épaules et au poitrail. 2. Même partie chez l’humain. 3. Partie d’un vêtement qui entoure le cou. 4. Air, apparence.
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 encolure
- encolures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encolure?
- /ɑ̃.kɔ.lyʁ/
- \ɑ̃.kɔ.lyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encolure in French?
encolure appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).