leurrer
French, verb/lœ.ʁe/
leurrer is spelled L-E-U-R-R-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leurrer is a French verb meaning “to deceive, lure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utiliser un leurre de chasse ou de pêche dans le but d'attirer une proie”.
What does leurrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deceive, lure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Utiliser un leurre de chasse ou de pêche dans le but d'attirer une proie. 2. Tromper, piéger quelqu’un à l'aide de fausses promesses, mensonges, compliments. 3. Dresser un oiseau de proie à répondre à l’appel du leurre.
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 leurrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- leurrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- leurré participle past
- leurre first-person indicative present
- leurres indicative present second-person
- leurrons first-person indicative plural
- leurrez indicative plural present
- leurrent indicative plural present
- leurrais first-person imperfect indicative
- leurrait imperfect indicative singular
- leurrions first-person imperfect indicative
- leurriez imperfect indicative plural
- leurraient imperfect indicative plural
- leurrai first-person historic indicative
- leurras historic indicative past
- leurra historic indicative past
- leurrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leurrer?
- /lœ.ʁe/
- \lœ.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leurrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leurrer in French?
leurrer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).