membrure
French, noun\mɑ̃.bʁyʁ\
membrure is spelled M-E-M-B-R-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Membrure is a French feminine noun meaning “frame (of a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des membres d’un individu”.
What does membrure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineframe (of a person)
- 2
femininespars of a vessel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des membres d’un individu. 2. Pièce de bois épaisse, dans laquelle on enchâsse les panneaux. 3. La totalité des membres ou couples d’un bâtiment. 4. Ensemble des planchettes entre lesquelles le relieur place les cahiers d’un livre, après qu’ils sont cousus, pour pratiquer sur le dos les encoches destinées à recevoir les ficelles.
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 membrure
- membrures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce membrure?
- \mɑ̃.bʁyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is membrure in French?
membrure appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).