serrure
French, noun/sɛ.ʁyʁ/
serrure is a French feminine noun meaning “lock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mécanisme permettant d'ouvrir ou de fermer une porte, un panneau, un vantail, etc., au moyen d’une clé”.
What does serrure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelock
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mécanisme permettant d'ouvrir ou de fermer une porte, un panneau, un vantail, etc., au moyen d’une clé. 2. Serrure « Bouré » : Serrure de sécurité disposée sur les leviers de manœuvre (signaux, aiguilles, etc.) et rendant impossible une fausse manipulation. Du nom de son inventeur.
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 serrure
- serrures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serrure?
- /sɛ.ʁyʁ/
- /se.ʁyʁ/
- \se.ʁyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serrure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serrure in French?
serrure appears 3.7 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).