peur
French, noun/pœʁ/
peur is spelled P-E-U-R (4 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written French, the 463rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peur is a French feminine noun meaning “fear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Crainte, frayeur, émotion pénible produite par l’idée ou la vue d’un danger”.
What does peur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefear
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Crainte, frayeur, émotion pénible produite par l’idée ou la vue d’un danger. 2. Crainte faible ; appréhension.
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 peur
- peurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peur?
- /pœʁ/
- \pœʁ\
- \pəʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peur in French?
peur appears 174 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).