enfeu
French, noun/ɑ̃.fø/
enfeu is spelled E-N-F-E-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfeu is a French masculine noun meaning “funereal recess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Niche dans un édifice religieux abritant un tombeau, un sarcophage ou une scène funéraire”.
What does enfeu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefunereal recess
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Niche dans un édifice religieux abritant un tombeau, un sarcophage ou une scène funéraire.
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 enfeu
- enfeus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfeu?
- /ɑ̃.fø/
- \ɑ̃.fø\
- [ɑ̃.fø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enfeu in French?
enfeu appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).