voleur
French, noun/vɔ.lœʁ/
voleur is spelled V-O-L-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voleur is a French masculine noun meaning “robber, thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait”.
What does voleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerobber, thief
- 2
masculineflier (one who flies)
adjective
- 1
thieving, thievish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait. 2. Personnes morales effectuant un vol (des sociétés, des entreprises ou encore des gouvernements). 3. Personne qui exige plus qu’elle ne devrait demander. 4. Êtres vivants dont les actes sont interprétés comme du vol.
adjective: 1. Qui aime à voler ou à dérober.
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 voleur
- voleurs plural
- voleuse feminine
- voleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voleur?
- /vɔ.lœʁ/
- \vɔ.lœʁ\
- [vɔ.lœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voleur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voleur in French?
voleur appears 8.3 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).