labre
French, noun/labʁ/
labre is a French masculine noun meaning “wrasse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lèvre supérieure des mammifères”.
What does labre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewrasse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lèvre supérieure des mammifères. 2. Chez les insectes, la pièce qui forme l’extrémité du bec ou rostre, et qui tient lieu de lèvre supérieure. 3. Bord externe d’une coquille univalve.
noun: 1. Chacune des espèces de poissons osseux marins de la famille des labridés, aux lèvres doubles et charnues, comprenant la vieille.
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 labre
- labres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce labre?
- /labʁ/
- \labʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to labre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is labre in French?
labre appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).