sévère
French, adjective/se.vɛːʁ/
sévère is a French adjective meaning “severe, harsh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est rigide ou sans indulgence”.
What does sévère mean in English?
adjective
- 1
severe, harsh
- 2
strict
adverb
- 1
slangreally, for real, genuinely, truly
Tu commences à me les briser sévère.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est rigide ou sans indulgence. 2. Qui est austère, qui ne se relâche pas. 3. Simple, dépouillé, sans ornements superflus, sans vaine recherche d’élégance. 4. Qui a plus de régularité que d’attrait.
adverb: 1. Énormément, intensément, d’une façon exceptionnelle.
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 sévère
- sévères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sévère?
- /se.vɛːʁ/
- \se.vɛʁ\
- [se.vɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sévère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sévère in French?
sévère appears 14 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).