vigueur
French, noun/vi.ɡœʁ/
vigueur is spelled V-I-G-U-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigueur is a French feminine noun meaning “vigour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Force ; plénitude ; énergie ; fougue”.
What does vigueur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevigour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Force ; plénitude ; énergie ; fougue.
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 vigueur
- vigueurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigueur?
- /vi.ɡœʁ/
- \vi.ɡœʁ\
- [vi.ɡœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vigueur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigueur in French?
vigueur appears 31 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).