reliure
French, noun/ʁə.ljyʁ/
reliure is spelled R-E-L-I-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reliure is a French feminine noun meaning “binding (the spine of a book where the pages are held together)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Métier du relieur, art de relier les livres”.
What does reliure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebinding (the spine of a book where the pages are held together)
- 2
femininebookbinding (the process of assembling a book)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Métier du relieur, art de relier les livres. 2. Ouvrage d’un relieur ; manière dont un livre est relié. 3. Couverture d’un livre.
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 reliure
- reliures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reliure?
- /ʁə.ljyʁ/
- \ʁə.ljyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reliure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reliure in French?
reliure appears 1.3 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).