vécu
French, noun/ve.ky/
vécu is a French masculine noun meaning “experience (what one experiences)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vivre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Expérience de la vie ; vie intérieure”.
What does vécu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
that which is part of a lived experience, real, true
Il y avait un film qui passait à la télévision: une histoire vécue.
noun
- 1
masculineexperience (what one experiences)
- 2
masculineinner life
verb
- 1
past participle of vivre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a eu lieu dans la vie de quelqu’un. 2. Ressenti.
noun: 1. Expérience de la vie ; vie intérieure. 2. Ensemble ou fragments de ce qui est vécu par soi-même ou par autrui.
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 vécu
- vécue feminine
- vécus masculine plural
- vécues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vécu?
- /ve.ky/
- \ve.ky\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vécu in French?
vécu appears 47 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).