fleuret
French, noun/flœ.ʁɛ/
fleuret is spelled F-L-E-U-R-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fleuret is a French masculine noun meaning “foil (weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épée à lame de section carrée, sans pointe et sans tranchant, dont le bout aplati est garni de peau, et qui…”.
What does fleuret mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefoil (weapon)
noun
- 1
masculinefiloselle
- 2
masculinea drill or borer to penetrate the base of some construction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épée à lame de section carrée, sans pointe et sans tranchant, dont le bout aplati est garni de peau, et qui constitue une des disciplines de l’escrime.
noun: 1. Filoselle, soie grossière. 2. Foret spécial de grande longueur destiné à percer le pied en bois de lampadaires. 3. Autre nom du blancart.
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 fleuret
- fleurets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fleuret?
- /flœ.ʁɛ/
- \flœ.ʁɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fleuret
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fleuret in French?
fleuret appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).