exprès
French, noun/ɛk.spʁɛ/
exprès is spelled E-X-P-R-È-S (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exprès is a French masculine noun meaning “a messenger carrying letters for personal delivery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne chargée d’acheminer une lettre”.
What does exprès mean in English?
adjective
- 1
express
- 2
express (post), special delivery
adverb
- 1
on purpose, intentionally, deliberately
C’est clair qu’il l’a fait exprès.
noun
- 1
masculinea messenger carrying letters for personal delivery
- 2
archaicmasculinea messenger (in general)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est énoncé d’une manière formelle et impérative.
adverb: 1. Avec intention formelle et délibérée.
noun: 1. Personne chargée d’acheminer une lettre. 2. Lettre reçue par livraison rapide
noun: 1. Celui qui est envoyé spécialement pour porter ou pour recevoir des lettres, des nouvelles, des ordres, etc.
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 exprès
- expresse feminine
- expresses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exprès?
- /ɛk.spʁɛ/
- /ɛs.pʁɛ/
- \ɛk.spʁɛs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exprès
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exprès in French?
exprès appears 13 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).