masure
French, noun/ma.zyʁ/
masure is spelled M-A-S-U-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masure is a French feminine noun meaning “dilapidated house, hovel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitation misérable et qui tombe en ruines”.
What does masure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedilapidated house, hovel
- 2
archaicfemininefarmhouse, rural estate
- 3
feminineorchard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitation misérable et qui tombe en ruines.
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 masure
- masures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce masure?
- /ma.zyʁ/
- \ma.zyʁ\
- [ma.zyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is masure in French?
masure appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).