leur
French, determiner/lœʁ/
leur is spelled L-E-U-R (4 letters) and appears 1,479 times per million words in written French, the 75th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leur is a French feminine determiner meaning “their” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est à eux ou à elles”.
What does leur mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
femininemasculine(to) them
Je leur ai donné un coup de main.
determiner
- 1
femininemasculinetheir
J'aperçois leur maison d'ici.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. Qui est à eux ou à elles.
pronoun: 1. Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du pluriel. À eux ou à elles. Il s’emploie toujours comme complément d’attribution.
noun: 1. Employé chargé de contrôler la validité des titres de transport dans les transports en commun.
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 leur
- leurs plural
- lui singular masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leur?
- /lœʁ/
- \lœʁ\
- [lœːʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leur in French?
leur appears 1,479 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).