pénurie
French, noun\pe.ny.ʁi\
pénurie is spelled P-É-N-U-R-I-E (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pénurie is a French feminine noun meaning “dearth, lack, shortage; penury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extrême disette”.
What does pénurie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedearth, lack, shortage; penury
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrême disette. 2. Disette d’argent ; pauvreté ; misère. 3. Manque ; absence.
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 pénurie
- pénuries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pénurie?
- \pe.ny.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pénurie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pénurie in French?
pénurie appears 6.2 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).