ouvré
French, adjective
ouvré is spelled O-U-V-R-É (5 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written French, the 1,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouvré is a French adjective meaning “working, work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ouvrer. Without its accent, ouvre is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un produit que l'on a façonné”.
What does ouvré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
working, work
verb
- 1
past participle of ouvrer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un produit que l'on a façonné. 2. Qualifie une sorte de linge façonné de manière à représenter des figures, des fleurs, des ornements.
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 ouvré
- ouvrée feminine
- ouvrés masculine plural
- ouvrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ouvré in French?
ouvré appears 62 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).