fumée
French, noun/fy.me/
fumée is spelled F-U-M-É-E (5 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fumée is a French feminine noun meaning “smoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fumé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nuée de particules en suspension dans l’air formant une masse gazeuse opaque, qui sort des choses brûlées, ou…”.
What does fumée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmoke
- 2
femininesteam
- 3
femininespoor (of game animals)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fumé
truite fumée
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fumé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nuée de particules en suspension dans l’air formant une masse gazeuse opaque, qui sort des choses brûlées, ou extrêmement échauffées par le feu. 2. Vapeur qui s’exhale des liquides bouillants, des mets très chauds. 3. Vapeurs qui s’exhalent des corps ou des lieux humides. 4. Choses vaines, frivoles, périssables, ou que l’on regarde comme telles.
adjective: 1. De couleur gris clair.
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 fumée
- fumées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fumée?
- /fy.me/
- \fy.me\
- [la fy.me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fumée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fumée in French?
fumée appears 16 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).