engelure
French, noun/ɑ̃ʒ.lyʁ/
engelure is spelled E-N-G-E-L-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engelure is a French feminine noun meaning “chilblain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enflure causée par le froid, surtout aux pieds et aux mains et accompagnée d’inflammation, quelquefois même…”.
What does engelure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechilblain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enflure causée par le froid, surtout aux pieds et aux mains et accompagnée d’inflammation, quelquefois même de crevasses.
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 engelure
- engelures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engelure?
- /ɑ̃ʒ.lyʁ/
- \ɑ̃ʒ.lyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engelure in French?
engelure appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).