polar
French, noun/pɔ.laʁ/
polar is spelled P-O-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polar is a French masculine noun meaning “detective novel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Œuvre de fiction à thème policier, et en particulier roman policier”.
What does polar mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinedetective novel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Œuvre de fiction à thème policier, et en particulier roman policier.
noun: 1. Variante de polard.
noun: 1. , Polaire.
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 polar
- polars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polar?
- /pɔ.laʁ/
- \pɔ.laʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polar in French?
polar appears 2.8 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).