ténèbres
French, noun/te.nɛbʁ/
ténèbres is spelled T-É-N-È-B-R-E-S (8 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ténèbres is a French feminine noun meaning “darkness, the shadows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Privation de lumière ; obscurité”.
What does ténèbres mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedarkness, the shadows
- 2
feminineobscurity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Privation de lumière ; obscurité. 2. Enfer. 3. Matines qui se chantent l’après-midi du mercredi, du jeudi et du vendredi de la semaine sainte. 4. Choses obscures ou incompréhensibles
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 ténèbres
- ténèbre singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ténèbres?
- /te.nɛbʁ/
- \te.nɛbʁ\
- [te.nɛbʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ténèbres
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ténèbres in French?
ténèbres appears 8.1 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).