loisir
French, noun/lwa.ziʁ/
loisir is spelled L-O-I-S-I-R (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loisir is a French masculine noun meaning “leisure, hobby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Temps libre dont on peut disposer en dehors de ses occupations habituelles (emploi, gestion de la maison…”.
What does loisir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleisure, hobby
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Temps libre dont on peut disposer en dehors de ses occupations habituelles (emploi, gestion de la maison, éducation des enfants, etc.) et des contraintes qu’elles imposent (transports par exemple). 2. Espace de temps suffisant pour faire quelque chose commodément.
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 loisir
- loisirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loisir?
- /lwa.ziʁ/
- \lwa.ziʁ\
- [ɛ̃.lwa.ziʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to loisir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is loisir in French?
loisir appears 7.8 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).