Merveilleuse
French, noun
Merveilleuse is spelled M-E-R-V-E-I-L-L-E-U-S-E (12 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merveilleuse is a French feminine noun meaning “Merveilleuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, merveilleuse is a different word: “feminine singular of merveilleux”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme suivant le courant de la mode durant le Directoire”.
What does Merveilleuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineMerveilleuse
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of merveilleux
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui affectait une élégance excentrique. 2. Cocktail composé d'une bière trappiste et d'un apéritif, généralement du porto.
noun: 1. Femme suivant le courant de la mode durant le Directoire.
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 Merveilleuse
- Merveilleuses plural
- merveilleux
- Incroyable masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Merveilleuse in French?
Merveilleuse appears 8.3 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).