lu
French, verb/ly/
lu is spelled L-U (2 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written French, the 1,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lu is a French verb meaning “past participle of lire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lu mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of lire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
article: 1. Ce dont on parle maintenant. Déterminant marquant un nom neutre singulier, référant à une seule entité non-binaire possible dans un contexte.
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 lu
- lue feminine
- lus masculine plural
- lues feminine plural
- les plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lu?
- /ly/
- \ly\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lu in French?
lu appears 63 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).