sueur
French, noun/sɥœʁ/
sueur is spelled S-U-E-U-R (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sueur is a French feminine noun meaning “sweat, perspiration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Liquide aqueux qui sort par les pores de la peau”.
What does sueur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesweat, perspiration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Liquide aqueux qui sort par les pores de la peau. 2. Action de suer. 3. Les peines qu’on s’est données pour réussir à quelque chose.
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 sueur
- sueurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sueur?
- /sɥœʁ/
- \sɥœʁ\
- [sɥœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sueur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sueur in French?
sueur appears 6.2 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).