poudreuse
French, noun/pu.dʁøz/
poudreuse is spelled P-O-U-D-R-E-U-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poudreuse is a French feminine noun meaning “powder, powder snow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of poudreux. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Neige peu compacte et légère”.
What does poudreuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepowder, powder snow
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of poudreux
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Neige peu compacte et légère. 2. Coiffeuse, petite table de toilette, de maquillage, munie d'un miroir. 3. Appareil destiné à disperser une poudre quelconque. 4. Appareil destiné à disperser du sucre, de la farine, etc., sans faire de grumeaux, de manière régulière.
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 poudreuse
- poudreuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poudreuse?
- /pu.dʁøz/
- \pu.dʁøz\
- [pudʁøz]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is poudreuse in French?
poudreuse 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).