larve
French, noun
larve is spelled L-A-R-V-E (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Larve is a French feminine noun meaning “grub, larva (immature insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, larvé is a different word: “latent”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Génie malfaisant, âme de méchant, qui, selon la croyance superstitieuse, se montrait, revenait, sous des…”.
What does larve mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrub, larva (immature insect)
- 2
derogatoryfeminineinformalwimp, drip (weak, lazy and/or ineffectual person)
adjective
- 1
latent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se développe d’une façon plus ou moins obscure, ou incomplète, embryonnaire. 2. Non ouvertement déclaré, latent.
noun: 1. Génie malfaisant, âme de méchant, qui, selon la croyance superstitieuse, se montrait, revenait, sous des figures hideuses, pour tourmenter les vivants. → voir lémures 2. Animal invertébré ou vertébré dans l’état où il est en sortant de l’œuf et où il passe un temps plus ou moins long avant ses métamorphoses.
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 larve
- larves plural
- larvée feminine
- larvés masculine plural
- larvées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to larve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is larve in French?
larve appears 1.8 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).