pleur
French, noun/plœʁ/
pleur is spelled P-L-E-U-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 60,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleur is a French masculine noun meaning “cry (action of producing tears)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pleurer, écoulement de larmes, larmes”.
What does pleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecry (action of producing tears)
en pleurs
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de pleurer, écoulement de larmes, larmes. 2. Lamentation. 3. Cri du goéland. 4. Sève qui s’échappe des bourgeons, particulièrement ceux de la vigne.
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 pleur
- pleurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleur?
- /plœʁ/
- \plœʁ\
- [plœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pleur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pleur in French?
pleur appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).