œuvé
French, adjective/œ.ve/
œuvé is spelled Œ-U-V-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Œuvé is a French adjective meaning “containing eggs, egg-bearing, ovigerous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit des poissons femelles qui ont des œufs”.
What does œuvé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
containing eggs, egg-bearing, ovigerous
- 2
having numerous possibilities or implications, pregnant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit des poissons femelles qui ont des œufs.
noun: 1. Pommade de blanc de plomb ^([1]). 2. Ovaire en grappe ^([2]).
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 œuvé
- œuvée feminine
- œuvés masculine plural
- œuvées feminine plural
- uves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce œuvé?
- /œ.ve/
- \ø.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is œuvé in French?
œuvé appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).