lèpre
French, noun\lɛpʁ\
lèpre is spelled L-È-P-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lèpre is a French feminine noun meaning “leprosy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une maladie infectieuse contagieuse chronique due au bacille de Hansen (une bactérie proche de l'agent…”.
What does lèpre mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleprosy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Une maladie infectieuse contagieuse chronique due au bacille de Hansen (une bactérie proche de l'agent responsable de la tuberculose) touchant les nerfs périphériques, la peau et les muqueuses, rongeant les tissus, et provoquant des infirmités sévères, endémique dans certains pays tropicaux. 2. Maladie mortelle. 3. Personne de mauvaise vie, dangereuse ou incommode pour la société.
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 lèpre
- lèpres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lèpre?
- \lɛpʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lèpre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lèpre in French?
lèpre appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).