safre
French, noun/safʁ/
safre is a French masculine noun meaning “sapphire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Goinfre”.
What does safre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesapphire
adjective
- 1
sapphire (colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Goinfre, goulu, glouton, vorace.
adjective: 1. De couleur bleu saphir. #0131B4
noun: 1. Goinfre.
noun: 1. Oxyde de cobalt de couleur bleu qui sert parfois à la fabrication du verre bleu saphir.
noun: 1. roche argilo-sableuse.
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 safre
- safres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce safre?
- /safʁ/
- \safʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is safre in French?
safre appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).