très
French, adverb/tʁɛ/
très is spelled T-R-È-S (4 letters) and appears 1,318 times per million words in written French, the 79th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Très is a French adverb meaning “very” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Beaucoup, au plus haut point (devant un adjectif ou un adverbe)”.
What does très mean in English?
adverb
- 1
very
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Beaucoup, au plus haut point (devant un adjectif ou un adverbe).
noun: 1. Instrument à cordes pincées d'origine cubaine.
prefix: 1. Ancienne orthographe de très jusqu’environ 1877. Note d’usage : le mot suivant était lié par un trait d’union ; aujourd’hui par une espace.
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 très
- très- dated
- trés archaic
- trés- archaic
- tres archaic
- tres- archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce très?
- /tʁɛ/
- /tʁɛ.z‿/
- /tʁe.z‿/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to très
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is très in French?
très appears 1,318 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).