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mûre

French, noun

mûre is spelled M-Û-R-E (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mûre is a French feminine noun meaning “mulberry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of mûr. Without its accent, mure is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of mûre”. With an accent, muré is a different word: “past participle of murer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à…”.

What does mûre mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemulberry

  2. 2

    feminineblackberry

  3. 3

    femininemurrey (dark red color as used in heraldry)

  4. 4

    feminineberry

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of mûr

adjective

as mure
  1. 1

    post-1990 spelling of mûre

verb

as mure
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as muré
  1. 1

    past participle of murer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu et portant un petit akène qui est le vrai fruit, et accolées les unes aux autres en épi. 2. Fruit multiple comestible de plusieurs espèces de ronces (Rubus spp.), très ressemblant à celui du mûrier. 3. Utilisé dans l’expression de mûre.

noun: 1. Dans les salines, l’eau de mer qui reste après la cristallisation du sel, et l’eau saturée de sel après qu’on lui a fait subir l’évaporation.

noun: 1. Variante de mûre.

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 mûre

  • mûres plural
  • murée feminine
  • murés masculine plural
  • murées feminine plural
  • mure
  • meure archaic
  • mures plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mûre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mûre in French?

mûre appears 1.7 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).

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