honneur
French, noun/ɔ.nœʁ/
honneur is spelled H-O-N-N-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written French, the 823rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honneur is a French masculine noun meaning “honor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment d’une dignité morale, estimée plus haut que tous les biens, et qui porte certaines personnes à des…”.
What does honneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehonor
- 2
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment d’une dignité morale, estimée plus haut que tous les biens, et qui porte certaines personnes à des actions loyales, nobles et courageuses. 2. Par manière de serment, 3. Pudicité, chasteté, souci de se respecter soi-même, en parlant des femmes ou des filles. 4. Estime, considération, renom ou éclat qui suivent les talents ou les vertus.
interjection: 1. Au revoir.
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 honneur
- honneurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce honneur?
- /ɔ.nœʁ/
- /ɔnɶ̝ʁ/
- ^((h muet))\ɔ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to honneur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is honneur in French?
honneur appears 100 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).