soufrière
French, noun\su.fʁi.jɛʁ\
soufrière is spelled S-O-U-F-R-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soufrière is a French feminine noun meaning “sulfur mine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où l’on recueille du soufre”.
What does soufrière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesulfur mine
- 2
femininesolfatara
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où l’on recueille du soufre.
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 soufrière
- soufrières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soufrière?
- \su.fʁi.jɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soufrière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soufrière in French?
soufrière appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).