féroce
French, adjective/fe.ʁɔs/
féroce is spelled F-É-R-O-C-E (6 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Féroce is a French adjective meaning “ferocious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est cruel par instinct, en parlant des bêtes”.
What does féroce mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ferocious
- 2
wild
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est cruel par instinct, en parlant des bêtes. 2. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) 3. Qui est porté à la cruauté, en parlant des hommes. 4. Qualifie ces sentiments ou ces attitudes cruels.
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 féroce
- féroces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce féroce?
- /fe.ʁɔs/
- \fe.ʁɔs\
- [fe.ʁɔs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to féroce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is féroce in French?
féroce appears 4.0 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).