pourriel
French, noun/pu.ʁjɛl/
pourriel is spelled P-O-U-R-R-I-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pourriel is a French masculine noun meaning “spam, junk mail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désigne les communications électroniques de masse, notamment de courrier électronique, sans sollicitation des…”.
What does pourriel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespam, junk mail
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Désigne les communications électroniques de masse, notamment de courrier électronique, sans sollicitation des destinataires, à des fins publicitaires ou malhonnêtes.
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 pourriel
- pourriels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pourriel?
- /pu.ʁjɛl/
- \pu.ʁjɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pourriel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pourriel in French?
pourriel appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).