refuge
French, noun/ʁə.fyʒ/
refuge is spelled R-E-F-U-G-E (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refuge is a French masculine noun meaning “refuge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Asile ; retraite ; lieu où l’on cherche un abri”.
What does refuge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefuge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Asile ; retraite ; lieu où l’on cherche un abri. 2. Ensemble des pays dans lesquels se sont installés les Huguenots qui ont fui la France pendant les persécutions. 3. Centre d’accueil et de protection destiné à recueillir les animaux trouvés. 4. Habitat de montagne pour les alpinistes.
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 refuge
- refuges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refuge?
- /ʁə.fyʒ/
- \ʁə.fyʒ\
- [ʁə.fyʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refuge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refuge in French?
refuge appears 13 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).