poreux
French, adjective/pɔ.ʁø/
poreux is spelled P-O-R-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poreux is a French adjective meaning “porous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a des pores”.
What does poreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
porous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a des pores. 2. Qui est perméable.
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 poreux
- poreuse feminine
- poreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poreux?
- /pɔ.ʁø/
- \pɔ.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 poreux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poreux in French?
poreux appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).