gwerz
French, noun\ɡwɛʁz\
gwerz is spelled G-W-E-R-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gwerz is a French masculine noun meaning “gwerz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chant rythmé et versifié en idiome breton, qui tient du cantique ou de la saga”.
What does gwerz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegwerz
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chant rythmé et versifié en idiome breton, qui tient du cantique ou de la saga.
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.
How do you pronounce gwerz?
- \ɡwɛʁz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gwerz in French?
gwerz appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).