gloire
French, noun/ɡlwaʁ/
gloire is spelled G-L-O-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gloire is a French feminine noun meaning “glory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Renommée brillante, universelle et durable, éclat que les vertus, le mérite, les grandes qualités, les…”.
What does gloire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglory
à vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Renommée brillante, universelle et durable, éclat que les vertus, le mérite, les grandes qualités, les grandes actions ou les grandes œuvres attirent à quelqu’un. 2. Personne dont les actions, les talents, les œuvres, etc., sont célèbres. 3. Chose unique et remarquable. 4. Hommage rendu à Dieu.
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 gloire
- gloires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gloire?
- /ɡlwaʁ/
- \ɡlwaʁ\
- [ɡlwaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gloire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gloire in French?
gloire appears 20 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).