vaporeux
French, adjective/va.pɔ.ʁø/
vaporeux is spelled V-A-P-O-R-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaporeux is a French adjective meaning “vaporous, misty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient ou semble contenir de la vapeur”.
What does vaporeux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vaporous, misty
- 2
filmy, transparent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient ou semble contenir de la vapeur. 2. Qui semble baigné de vapeur. 3. Qui imite cette vapeur. 4. Fin, léger, transparent.
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 vaporeux
- vaporeuse feminine
- vaporeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaporeux?
- /va.pɔ.ʁø/
- \va.pɔ.ʁø\
- [va.pɔ.ʁø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaporeux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaporeux in French?
vaporeux appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).