proue
French, noun/pʁu/
proue is spelled P-R-O-U-E (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proue is a French feminine noun meaning “prow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie extrême de l’avant d’un vaisseau, l’arrière étant la poupe”.
What does proue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie extrême de l’avant d’un vaisseau, l’arrière étant la poupe. 2. Ce qui ressemble à une proue. 3. Ce qui ouvre la voie.
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 proue
- proues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proue?
- /pʁu/
- \pʁu\
- [pʁu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proue in French?
proue appears 2.0 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).