viveur
French, noun/vi.vœʁ/
viveur is spelled V-I-V-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viveur is a French masculine noun meaning “debauchee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui abuse de la vie, qui sait vivre”.
What does viveur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedebauchee
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui abuse de la vie, qui sait vivre.
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 viveur
- viveurs plural
- viveuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viveur?
- /vi.vœʁ/
- \vi.vœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is viveur in French?
viveur appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).