menteur
French, noun/mɑ̃.tœʁ/
menteur is spelled M-E-N-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menteur is a French masculine noun meaning “liar (one who tells lies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir”.
What does menteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineliar (one who tells lies)
- 2
masculinebluffer
adjective
- 1
mendacious, lying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir.
noun: 1. Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir. 2. Jeux de cartes se jouant à cartes face cachée (sauf la première). À tout moment, on peut accuser un des joueurs de mentir après qu’il a posé sa carte, d’où le nom du jeu.
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 menteur
- menteurs plural
- menteuse feminine
- menteuses feminine plural
- menteresse singular feminine
- menteresses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menteur?
- /mɑ̃.tœʁ/
- \mɑ̃.tœʁ\
- [ɛ̃ mɑ̃.tœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menteur in French?
menteur appears 5.9 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).