posture
French, noun/pɔs.tyʁ/
posture is spelled P-O-S-T-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Posture is a French feminine noun meaning “posture, attitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attitude, situation où se tient le corps ; manière dont on tient son corps, sa tête, ses bras, ses jambes…”.
What does posture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineposture, attitude
- 2
feminineconduct, comportment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attitude, situation où se tient le corps ; manière dont on tient son corps, sa tête, ses bras, ses jambes, etc. 2. État où est quelqu’un par rapport à sa situation morale ou sociale, à son crédit qui peut notamment être bon ou mauvais 3. Comportement ; conduite. 4. Jeu de rôle qu'implique la vie publique et politique.
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 posture
- postures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce posture?
- /pɔs.tyʁ/
- \pɔs.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to posture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is posture in French?
posture appears 7.1 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).