ouverture
French, noun/u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/
ouverture is spelled O-U-V-E-R-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouverture is a French feminine noun meaning “opening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’ouvrir”.
What does ouverture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineopening
- 2
feminineoverture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’ouvrir. 2. Commencement de certaines choses. 3. Le premier travail ou première action que l’on fait. 4. L’ouverture de la pêche, de la chasse.
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 ouverture
- ouvertures plural
- owerture archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouverture?
- /u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/
- \u.vɛʁ.tyʁ\
- [u.vɛʁ.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouverture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouverture in French?
ouverture appears 79 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).