source
French, noun
source is spelled S-O-U-R-C-E (6 letters) and appears 126 times per million words in written French, the 657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Source is a French feminine noun meaning “source, spring (of water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/present… of sourcer. With an accent, sourcé is a different word: “sourced”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point d’émergence naturelle d’eau, généralement souterraine, à la surface du sol”.
What does source mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesource, spring (of water)
- 2
femininesource, origin (of anything)
verb
- 1
first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
sourced
verb
- 1
past participle of sourcer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point d’émergence naturelle d’eau, généralement souterraine, à la surface du sol. 2. Point d’où s’écoule un liquide ou un gaz naturel. 3. Point ou objet à l’origine d’un rayonnement lumineux, thermique ou d’une émission sonore. 4. Zone ou phénomène à l’origine d’un apport particulier (chaleur, humidité, pollution).
noun: 1. Code source, lorsqu’il n’y a qu’un fichier ou lorsque considéré collectivement.
adjective: 1. Dont la source est établie et indiquée, par exemple dans une note en bas de page. 2. Dont la source ou origine, est authentique et vérifiable en principe.
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 source
- sources plural
- sourcée feminine
- sourcés masculine plural
- sourcées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to source
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is source in French?
source appears 126 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).