sobre
French, adjective/sɔbʁ/
sobre is a French adjective meaning “sober (teetotal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est tempérant dans le boire et dans le manger”.
What does sobre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sober (teetotal)
- 2
sober (dull, unexciting)
- 3
modest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est tempérant dans le boire et dans le manger. 2. Qui ne consomme pas de psychotrope, en particulier l’alcool. 3. Qui est peu exigeant pour sa nourriture, en parlant des animaux. 4. Où l’on ne fait pas d’excès de table.
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 sobre
- sobres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobre?
- /sɔbʁ/
- \sɔbʁ\
- [sɔbʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobre in French?
sobre appears 7.1 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).