lumière
French, noun/ly.mjɛʁ/
lumière is spelled L-U-M-I-È-R-E (7 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written French, the 964th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lumière is a French feminine noun meaning “light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle”.
What does lumière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelight
- 2
femininelumen
- 3
Quebecfeminineinformaltraffic light
- 4
Quebecfeminineinformalheadlight; headlamp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Radiation électromagnétique qui peut produire une sensation visuelle. 2. En particulier, la trajectoire de la lumière 3. Ce qui éclaire et qui rend les objets visibles. 4. Ce qui sert à éclairer.
noun: 1. Variante de lumière.
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 lumière
- lumières plural
- lumieres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lumière?
- /ly.mjɛʁ/
- \ly.mjɛʁ\
- [ly.mjɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lumière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lumière in French?
lumière appears 87 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).