plèvre
French, noun/plɛvʁ/
plèvre is spelled P-L-È-V-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plèvre is a French feminine noun meaning “pleura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membrane séreuse qui revêt les parois du thorax et enveloppe les poumons”.
What does plèvre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepleura
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membrane séreuse qui revêt les parois du thorax et enveloppe les poumons.
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 plèvre
- plèvres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plèvre?
- /plɛvʁ/
- \plɛvʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plèvre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plèvre in French?
plèvre appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).