futur
French, noun/fy.tyʁ/
futur is spelled F-U-T-U-R (5 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written French, the 1,256th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futur is a French masculine noun meaning “future (what will happen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Temps du mode indicatif se rapportant à l’avenir”.
What does futur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
future
noun
- 1
masculineproscribedfuture (what will happen)
Le futur nous donnera la réponse.
- 2
masculinefuture, future tense
Le verbe manger à la deuxième personne du singulier du futur simple donne: Tu mangeras.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne l’avenir ; qui se produira dans l’avenir.
noun: 1. Temps du mode indicatif se rapportant à l’avenir. 2. (Sous l'influence de l'anglais future) Avenir, domaine temporel de ce qui arrivera après le moment présent. 3. Projection dans l'avenir d'une situation qui peut s'avérer juste ou indéfiniment hypothétique.
noun: 1. Futur époux.
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 futur
- future feminine
- futurs masculine plural
- futures feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce futur?
- /fy.tyʁ/
- \fy.tyʁ\
- [lœ fy.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to futur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is futur in French?
futur appears 66 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).