trêve
French, noun/tʁɛv/
trêve is spelled T-R-Ê-V-E (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trêve is a French feminine noun meaning “truce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suspension de l’usage des armes, cessation de tout acte d’hostilité pour un certain temps, par convention…”.
What does trêve mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetruce
- 2
femininemidwinter break
- 3
femininerest, respite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suspension de l’usage des armes, cessation de tout acte d’hostilité pour un certain temps, par convention faite entre deux États, entre deux partis qui sont en guerre. 2. Toute suspension d’hostilités entre adversaires. 3. Relâche. 4. Cesser quelque chose ; cesser de parler de quelque chose.
noun: 1. En Bretagne, subdivision de la paroisse. 2. Lieu habité et cultivé, quartier. 3. Variante orthographique de trêve.
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 trêve
- trêves plural
- trève obsolete
- tréve obsolete
- trèves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trêve?
- /tʁɛv/
- \tʁɛv\
- [yn tʁɛ̝və̆]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trêve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trêve in French?
trêve appears 6.9 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).