fureur
French, noun/fy.ʁœʁ/
fureur is spelled F-U-R-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fureur is a French feminine noun meaning “wrath (great anger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Égarement d’esprit qui tient de la rage et de la frénésie”.
What does fureur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewrath (great anger)
faire fureur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Égarement d’esprit qui tient de la rage et de la frénésie. 2. Extrême colère. 3. Colère de Dieu. 4. Émotion et agitation violente qui s’empare d’un animal.
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 fureur
- fureurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fureur?
- /fy.ʁœʁ/
- \fy.ʁœʁ\
- [fy.ʁœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fureur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fureur in French?
fureur appears 4.5 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).