cinéraire
French, adjective/si.ne.ʁɛʁ/
cinéraire is spelled C-I-N-É-R-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinéraire is a French adjective meaning “cinerary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui renferme les cendres d’un mort”.
What does cinéraire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cinerary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui renferme les cendres d’un mort.
noun: 1. Plante de jardin, de la famille des Astéracées ou Composées, dont le dessous des feuilles a la couleur de la cendre, variante de cinéraire maritime.
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 cinéraire
- cinéraires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinéraire?
- /si.ne.ʁɛʁ/
- \si.ne.ʁɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cinéraire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cinéraire in French?
cinéraire appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).