express
French, noun/ɛk.spʁɛs/
express is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Express is a French masculine noun meaning “express train or service” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Train rapide, un rapide”.
What does express mean in English?
adjective
- 1
express, rapid
noun
- 1
masculineexpress train or service
- 2
masculineespresso
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un train qui va plus vite que les trains ordinaires et qui ne s’arrête qu’à un petit nombre de stations. 2. Rapide.
noun: 1. Train rapide, un rapide. 2. Véhicule attelé. 3. Un expresso, un espresso, un café court
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 express
- expresse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce express?
- /ɛk.spʁɛs/
- \ɛk.spʁɛs\
- [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 express
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is express in French?
express appears 19 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).