indri
in·dri/ˈɪndɹi/noun
indri is spelled I-N-D-R-I: 5 letters and 2 syllables (in·dri). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, indri means “One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of indri is indris.
How many letters and syllables are in indri?
| Letters | 5: I-N-D-R-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: in·dri |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is indri?
Indri appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce indri?
- US /ˈɪndɹi/
Indri has 2 syllables, split in·dri in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-indri.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of indri
- indris plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does indri mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar.
noun
- 1
A mostly Muslim ethnic group of Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Indri in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Indri indri:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | indri |
| German | Indri |
| Spanish | indri |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does indri come from?
Possibly from Malagasy endrina (“the lemur Indri indri”). A common explanation asserts that the word comes from the Malagasy indry (pronounced /ˈiɳɖʐʲ/) meaning “lo!” or “behold!”, or from indry izy (“There he is!”), which guides shouted to the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814) upon seeing the animal, and which Sonnerat mistook for its name, but it has been suggested that Sonnerat studied indris too closely for this story to be plausible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).