fraîcheur
French, noun
fraîcheur is spelled F-R-A-Î-C-H-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraîcheur is a French feminine noun meaning “freshness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, fraicheur is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of fraîcheur”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Froid doux et modéré”.
What does fraîcheur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefreshness
- 2
femininecoolness
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of fraîcheur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Froid doux et modéré. 2. Vent très faible qui suit ou qui précède le calme. 3. Froidure ; froid. 4. Douleur musculaire causée par un froid humide.
noun: 1. Froid doux et modéré. 2. Vent très faible qui suit ou qui précède le calme. 3. Froidure. 4. Froissage musculaire causée par un froid humide.
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 fraîcheur
- fraîcheurs plural
- fraicheur alternative
- fraicheurs plural
- fraîcheur
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fraîcheur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraîcheur in French?
fraîcheur appears 5.8 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).