roux
French, noun/ʁu/
roux is spelled R-O-U-X (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roux is a French masculine noun meaning “redhead (man)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couleur rousse, d’un rouge très orangé. #AD4F09”.
What does roux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
russet
- 2
red, ginger (refers to hair of a reddish-brown color)
noun
- 1
masculineredhead (man)
- 2
masculineroux (a mixture of fat and flour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’une couleur proche de l’orange, souvent en parlant des cheveux. #AD4F09 2. Qui a les cheveux roux. 3. Fondu et cuit jusqu’à obtenir une couleur rousse en cuisine.
noun: 1. Couleur rousse, d’un rouge très orangé. #AD4F09 2. Préparation obtenue en faisant fondre du beurre avec de la farine, et en ajoutant un peu de liquide.
noun: 1. Homme ou garçon qui a les cheveux roux.
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 roux
- rousse feminine
- rousses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roux?
- /ʁu/
- \ʁu\
- [ʁu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roux in French?
roux appears 14 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).