cie
French, noun
cie is spelled C-I-E (3 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cie is a French noun meaning “abbreviation of compagnie – company” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Cie is a different word: “abbreviation of compagnie – company”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compagnie”.
What does cie mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of compagnie – company
- 2
abbreviation of compagnie – Co. (company)
noun
- 1
abbreviation of compagnie – company
- 2
abbreviation of compagnie – Co. (company)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compagnie.
noun: 1. Compagnie.
noun: 1. Compagnie.
noun: 1. Compagnie.
noun: 1. Nom que Linné donne à la 21ᵉ et 22ᵉ classe de son système, qu’il divise en monoécie et en dioécie, parce que les fleurs mâles et femelles y sont sur le même pied dans la première, et sur des pieds différents dans la seconde.
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 cie
- cⁱᵉ canonical feminine
- cⁱᵉˢ plural
- Cⁱᵉ alternative
- Cⁱᵉˢ plural
- cie alternative
- Cie.
- Cie
- œcies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cie in French?
cie 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).