vengeur
French, noun/vɑ̃.ʒœʁ/
vengeur is spelled V-E-N-G-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vengeur is a French masculine noun meaning “avenger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui venge, qui punit”.
What does vengeur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vengeful
noun
- 1
masculineavenger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui venge, qui punit, vindicatif. 2. Qui menace de vengeance.
noun: 1. Personne qui venge, qui punit. 2. Membre d'un groupe d'adolescents ayant pris part aux combats de la Commune de Paris en 1871. Le nom du groupe rend hommage à Gustave Flourens, universitaire et homme politique, abattu par les soldats versaillais le 3 avril 1871.
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 vengeur
- vengeresse feminine
- vengeurs masculine plural
- vengeresses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vengeur?
- /vɑ̃.ʒœʁ/
- \vɑ̃.ʒœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vengeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vengeur in French?
vengeur appears 1.0 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).