lourd
French, adjective/luʁ/
lourd is spelled L-O-U-R-D (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,670th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lourd is a French adjective meaning “heavy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pesant ; dont le poids est élevé”.
What does lourd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heavy
- 2
loaded with
lourd de conséquences
- 3
clumsy, oafish
- 4
informalannoying, a drag
Ce type est vraiment lourd, il arrête pas de me parler sans remarquer que je m'en fous.
- 5
sultry, humid
- 6
heavyweight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pesant ; dont le poids est élevé. 2. Se dit d’un sol, d’une terre compacte et difficile à travailler, généralement riche en particules fines, notamment en argile. 3. Qui nécessite d’importants moyens. 4. Qui occasionne beaucoup de dépenses ou de durs sacrifices d’argent.
noun: 1. Ellipse de franc lourd. 2. Quelqu’un ou quelque chose de particulièrement important.
adverb: 1. De la plus grande importance. 2. Beaucoup.
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 lourd
- lourde feminine
- lourds masculine plural
- lourdes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lourd?
- /luʁ/
- \luʁ\
- [luʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lourd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lourd in French?
lourd appears 30 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).