morue
French, noun/mɔ.ʁy/
morue is spelled M-O-R-U-E (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morue is a French feminine noun meaning “cod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson de mer du genre Gadus”.
What does morue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecod
- 2
derogatoryfemininea whore; a broad
- 3
derogatoryfemininean ugly person; an oaf
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson de mer du genre Gadus. 2. Femme facile, voire prostituée.
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 morue
- morues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morue?
- /mɔ.ʁy/
- \mɔ.ʁy\
- [mɔ.ʁy]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morue in French?
morue appears 1.8 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).