froncer les sourcils
French, verb/fʁɔ̃.se le suʁ.si/
froncer les sourcils is spelled F-R-O-N-C-E-R-L-E-S-S-O-U-R-C-I-L-S (18 letters). Froncer les sourcils is a French verb meaning “to knit one's brows, furrow one's brow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire paraître sur son visage de la mauvaise humeur, du mécontentement, de la désapprobation”.
What does froncer les sourcils mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knit one's brows, furrow one's brow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire paraître sur son visage de la mauvaise humeur, du mécontentement, de la désapprobation.
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 froncer les sourcils
- froncer le sourcil
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce froncer les sourcils?
- /fʁɔ̃.se le suʁ.si/
- /fʁɔ̃.se le suʁ.sil/
- \fʁɔ̃.se le suʁ.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to froncer les sourcils
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.