peureux
French, adjective/pœ.ʁø/
peureux is spelled P-E-U-R-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peureux is a French adjective meaning “fearful; anxious, nervous, neurotic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est sujet à la peur”.
What does peureux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fearful; anxious, nervous, neurotic
- 2
fearful, afraid
- 3
fearful, frightenable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sujet à la peur.
noun: 1. Personne peureuse, craintive, facilement effrayé.
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 peureux
- peureuse feminine
- peureuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peureux?
- /pœ.ʁø/
- /pø.ʁø/
- \pø.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peureux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peureux in French?
peureux appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).