prouesse
French, noun/pʁu.ɛs/
prouesse is spelled P-R-O-U-E-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prouesse is a French feminine noun meaning “prowess; bravery; valiance; derring-do” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de preux, vaillance”.
What does prouesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprowess; bravery; valiance; derring-do
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de preux, vaillance. 2. Action admirable, tour de force.
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 prouesse
- prouesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prouesse?
- /pʁu.ɛs/
- \pʁu.ɛs\
- [pʁu.ɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prouesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prouesse in French?
prouesse appears 1.1 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).