scabreux
French, adjective/ska.bʁø/
scabreux is spelled S-C-A-B-R-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scabreux is a French adjective meaning “uneven, bumpy (surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est rude, raboteux”.
What does scabreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uneven, bumpy (surface)
- 2
perilous, dangerous
- 3
indecent, sleazy, scabrous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est rude, raboteux. 2. Qui est raboteux, couvert de petites saillies rigides (scabers) qui donnent une texture rugueuse. 3. Qui est dangereux, périlleux, difficile. 4. Qui est malsain, qui manque de décence.
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 scabreux
- scabreuse feminine
- scabreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scabreux?
- /ska.bʁø/
- \ska.bʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scabreux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scabreux in French?
scabreux appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).