biryani

\bi.ʁja.ni\

/\bi.ʁja.ni\/ noun

The verdict

“biryani” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de plat épicé à base de riz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-biryani · biryani · French

biryani · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for biryani
PropertyValue
Headwordbiryani
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.ʁja.ni\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « biryani » en français

biryanisiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

biryani is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.ʁja.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de plat épicé à base de riz.".

No misspelling variants are generated for biryani in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is biryani, spelled B-I-R-Y-A-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de plat épicé à base de riz.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how biryani appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tu te faufiles dans la cuisine et laisse les odeurs tourbillonner en toi. Des effluves d’ail et de cardamone flottent dans l’air, ce qui veut dire que Kamal est venue faire la cuisine pour la semaine et a préparé du biryani et du riz turc à la demande de DD.
  2. C’est ainsi qu’à sa propre surprise et à celle de sa femme, Girija Prasad le carnivore devient végétarien. Afin de gagner quelques heures de repos, il renonce définitivement aux œufs brouillés, à l’agneau biryani et aux steaks de bœuf.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "biryani"?
"biryani" is spelled B-I-R-Y-A-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ʁja.ni\.
What does "biryani" mean?
As a noun, "biryani" means: Sorte de plat épicé à base de riz.
How do you pronounce "biryani"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biryani" is \bi.ʁja.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biryani" come from?
"biryani" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list