sourcilleux
French, adjective/suʁ.si.jø/
sourcilleux is spelled S-O-U-R-C-I-L-L-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sourcilleux is a French adjective meaning “fussy, finicky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est haut, élevé”.
What does sourcilleux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fussy, finicky
- 2
beetle-browed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est haut, élevé. 2. Sévère. 3. Pointilleux.
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 sourcilleux
- sourcilleuse feminine
- sourcilleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sourcilleux?
- /suʁ.si.jø/
- \suʁ.si.jø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sourcilleux in French?
sourcilleux appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).