vertu
French, noun/vɛʁ.ty/
vertu is spelled V-E-R-T-U (5 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertu is a French feminine noun meaning “virtue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disposition ferme, constante de l’âme, qui porte à faire le bien et à fuir le mal”.
What does vertu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevirtue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disposition ferme, constante de l’âme, qui porte à faire le bien et à fuir le mal. 2. Personne vertueuse. 3. Dispositions particulières propres à telle ou telle sorte de devoirs ou de bonnes actions. 4. Chasteté, pudicité, surtout en parlant des femmes.
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 vertu
- vertus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vertu?
- /vɛʁ.ty/
- \vɛʁ.ty\
- [vɛʁ.ty]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vertu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertu in French?
vertu appears 20 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).