vireux
French, adjective\vi.ʁø\
vireux is spelled V-I-R-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vireux is a French adjective meaning “poisonous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient ou qui est censé contenir du poison”.
What does vireux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
poisonous
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 qui est censé contenir du poison.
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 vireux
- vireuse feminine
- vireuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vireux?
- \vi.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vireux in French?
vireux appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).