vapeur
French, noun/va.pœʁ/
vapeur is spelled V-A-P-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vapeur is a French feminine noun meaning “steam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exhalaison gazeuse résultant de la transformation partielle ou totale d’une substance ordinairement liquide…”.
What does vapeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesteam
- 2
femininevapour
noun
- 1
masculinesteamship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exhalaison gazeuse résultant de la transformation partielle ou totale d’une substance ordinairement liquide ou solide en gaz. 2. Vapeur d’eau. Eau dans la phase gazeuse, qui est transparente. 3. Eau gazeuse chaude avec une condensation d’eau liquide, visible comme un brouillard. 4. Force locomotrice de la vapeur d’eau.
noun: 1. Navire propulsé par une machine à vapeur.
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 vapeur
- vapeurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vapeur?
- /va.pœʁ/
- \va.pœʁ\
- [va.pœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vapeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vapeur in French?
vapeur appears 16 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).