La brûlure est grave.

In French, nouns are usually used with an article much more often than in English. So la brûlure means the burn.

• la = the for a feminine singular noun
• brûlure = burn or burn injury

In English, you might sometimes say Burn is serious only in very special contexts, but normally you would say The burn is serious. French strongly prefers the article here.

You know because it uses the article la, which marks it as feminine singular.

So:

• la brûlure = feminine singular
• if it were masculine, it would be le brûlure, but that is incorrect

Also, many nouns ending in -ure are feminine, though you should still learn each noun with its article.

Brûlure usually means a burn, especially a burn on the body or skin.

It comes from the verb brûler, meaning to burn.

So the relationship is:

• brûler = to burn
• une brûlure = a burn / a burn wound

In medical or everyday contexts, une brûlure is the normal noun to use.

The accent is a circumflex: û.

In modern French, it usually does not dramatically change the pronunciation for learners, but it is part of the correct spelling. Historically, it often shows that an s used to be in the word long ago.

For example, in some words:

• forêt used to be related to an older form with s
• hôpital also reflects an older spelling history

For brûlure, the important thing for a learner is:

• write the accent correctly
• pronounce the word roughly like brü-lur with the French u sound, not like English oo

Est is the third-person singular form of the verb être, which means to be.

So:

• je suis = I am
• tu es = you are
• il/elle/on est = he/she/it is
• la brûlure est = the burn is

Since la brûlure is singular, you use est.

In this sentence, grave does not directly come after the noun in the usual adjective position. It comes after est, because it is part of the structure:

• noun + être + adjective

So:

• La brûlure est grave.
• literally: The burn is serious.

This is the same pattern as:

• Le problème est important.
• La situation est urgente.

The adjective is describing the subject through the verb être.

Because grave is agreeing with la brûlure, which is feminine singular.

For many French adjectives, agreement changes the ending. But grave is one of those adjectives whose masculine and feminine singular forms look the same:

• masculine singular: grave
• feminine singular: grave
• masculine plural: graves
• feminine plural: graves

So here, singular subject = singular adjective form: grave.

Not usually. In this sentence, grave means serious or severe, especially in a medical sense.

So:

• une blessure grave = a serious injury
• un état grave = a serious condition

It does not mean a grave as in a place where someone is buried. That English noun is a false friend here.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

la brü-lur eh grav

A few notes:

• la = short and light
• brûlure has the French u sound, which does not exist in standard English
• est is pronounced like eh
• grave ends with an audible v sound

In IPA, it is approximately:

/la bʁy.lyʁ ɛ ɡʁav/

No, not as a full English-style vowel.

• In brûlure, the final e is not strongly pronounced on its own.
• In grave, the final e is also silent.

So:

• brûlure sounds roughly like two pronounced syllables after the initial consonant cluster: brü-lur
• grave sounds like grav

This silent final e is very common in French spelling.

Yes. Grave is a common adjective for something serious, severe, or important in a negative way.

Examples:

• C’est grave. = It’s serious.
• une erreur grave = a serious mistake
• un danger grave = a serious danger

So in La brûlure est grave, it means the burn is not minor; it is serious.

You might hear sérieux/sérieuse in some contexts, but for a medical condition or injury, grave is usually the more natural and stronger choice.

Compare:

• La brûlure est grave. = The burn is serious/severe.
• La brûlure est sérieuse. = grammatically possible, but less idiomatic in many medical contexts

So for injuries, illnesses, and emergencies, grave is often the best word.

It is neutral standard French. It works well in everyday speech, medical settings, news, or written French.

It is short, clear, and natural. A doctor, nurse, or ordinary speaker could all say it.

The normal order is:

• La brûlure est grave.

You generally would not change it in ordinary statements.

French usually follows:

• subject + verb + adjective/complement

You could add emphasis in other ways, for example:

• Cette brûlure est grave. = This burn is serious.
• La brûlure est très grave. = The burn is very serious.

But the basic word order stays the same.