meurtre
French, noun/mœʁtʁ/
meurtre is spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-E (7 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written French, the 2,473rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meurtre is a French masculine noun meaning “murder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homicide volontaire”.
What does meurtre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemurder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homicide volontaire. 2. Action perçue comme dommageable ou moralement répréhensible.
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 meurtre
- meurtres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meurtre?
- /mœʁtʁ/
- \mœʁtʁ\
- \ʁtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meurtre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meurtre in French?
meurtre appears 33 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).