réconfort
French, noun/ʁe.kɔ̃.fɔʁ/
réconfort is spelled R-É-C-O-N-F-O-R-T (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réconfort is a French masculine noun meaning “comfort, solace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui réconforte”.
What does réconfort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecomfort, solace
- 2
masculinereassurance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui réconforte.
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 réconfort
- réconforts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réconfort?
- /ʁe.kɔ̃.fɔʁ/
- \ʁe.kɔ̃.fɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to réconfort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réconfort in French?
réconfort appears 3.3 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).