lugubre
French, adjective/ly.ɡybʁ/
lugubre is spelled L-U-G-U-B-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lugubre is a French adjective meaning “gloomy, mournful, lugubrious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui marque ou qui inspire une sombre tristesse”.
What does lugubre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gloomy, mournful, lugubrious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui marque ou qui inspire une sombre tristesse.
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 lugubre
- lugubres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lugubre?
- /ly.ɡybʁ/
- \ly.ɡybʁ\
- [ly.ɡybʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lugubre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lugubre in French?
lugubre appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).