flou
French, noun/flu/
flou is spelled F-L-O-U (4 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flou is a French masculine noun meaning “A visual appearance lacking in sharpness or precise detail; blurriness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coloris sans vigueur, manque de netteté des contours ou des arêtes”.
What does flou mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fuzzy; blurred, blurry; unclear
noun
- 1
masculineA visual appearance lacking in sharpness or precise detail; blurriness.
- 2
masculineA blur or blurry area within a visual image.
- 3
masculineA lack of clarity or precision in ideas.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D'un coloris sans vigueur, qui manque de netteté des contours ou des arêtes. 2. Qualifie une chose un peu indistincte, dont le caractère n’est pas facilement déterminable ou discernable.
noun: 1. Coloris sans vigueur, manque de netteté des contours ou des arêtes.
adverb: 1. D'une manière pas nette.
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 flou
- floue feminine
- flous masculine plural
- floues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flou?
- /flu/
- \flu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flou in French?
flou appears 8.7 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).