noyer
French, noun/nwa.je/
noyer is spelled N-O-Y-E-R (5 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Noyer is a French masculine noun meaning “walnut (tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel des arbres du genre Juglans, Grands arbres à feuilles caduques alternes imparipennées, aux petites…”.
What does noyer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewalnut (tree)
verb
- 1
to drown; to drown oneself
Elle s'est noyée dans l'océan.
- 2
to drown
J'ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.
- 3
to dilute; to water down
Il faut noyer le vin avec de l'eau.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel des arbres du genre Juglans, Grands arbres à feuilles caduques alternes imparipennées, aux petites fleurs femelles verdâtres réunies par deux à quatre et donnant des noix (drupes indéhiscentes). (Note : utilisé seul en Europe francophone, le mot noyer désigne généralement Juglans regia ou noyer commun, noyer royal.) 2. Le bois du noyer.
verb: 1. Asphyxier par immersion. 2. Remplir un moteur de liquide : essence, eau, etc.. 3. Inonder ; recouvrir d’eau. 4. Faire disparaître dans la masse.
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 noyer
- noyers plural
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- noyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- noyé participle past
- noie first-person indicative present
- noies indicative present second-person
- noyons first-person indicative plural
- noyez indicative plural present
- noient indicative plural present
- noyais first-person imperfect indicative
- noyait imperfect indicative singular
- noyions first-person imperfect indicative
- noyiez imperfect indicative plural
- noyaient imperfect indicative plural
- noyai first-person historic indicative
- noyas historic indicative past
- noya historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce noyer?
- /nwa.je/
- \nwa.je\
- [nwa.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to noyer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is noyer in French?
noyer appears 6.6 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).