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heurt

French, noun/œʁ/

heurt is spelled H-E-U-R-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heurt is a French masculine noun meaning “collision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose”.

What does heurt mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecollision

  2. 2

    masculinebump (action of bumping)

  3. 3

    masculineclash

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. 2. Marque que le coup a laissé. 3. Désaccord virulent. 4. Confrontation physique entre des personnes, avec coups et luttes.

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 heurt

  • heurts plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\œʁ\ singular plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce heurt?

  • /œʁ/
  • ^((h aspiré))\œʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to heurt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is heurt in French?

heurt appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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