léger
French, adjective/le.ʒe/
léger is spelled L-É-G-E-R (5 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Léger is a French adjective meaning “light (not heavy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont le poids est faible, qui ne pèse guère”.
What does léger mean in English?
adjective
- 1
light (not heavy)
- 2
slight (not much, not a lot)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont le poids est faible, qui ne pèse guère. 2. Qui pèse le poids d’une petite chose. 3. Qui se manie facilement, meuble, malléable. 4. Qui se déplace facilement.
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 léger
- légère feminine
- légers masculine plural
- légères feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce léger?
- /le.ʒe/
- /le.ʒe.ʁ‿/
- \le.ʒe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to léger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is léger in French?
léger appears 31 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).