diurne
French, noun/djyʁn/
diurne is spelled D-I-U-R-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diurne is a French feminine noun meaning “a diurnal creature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal diurne”.
What does diurne mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diurnal
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea diurnal creature
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dure vingt-quatre heures. 2. Par opposition à nocturne. Qui a lieu, qui se manifeste pendant les heures où le Soleil éclaire la Terre. 3. Dont la période d'activité se situe entre le lever et le coucher du Soleil. 4. Dont les accès se produisent pendant la journée.
noun: 1. Animal diurne.
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 diurne
- diurnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diurne?
- /djyʁn/
- \djyʁn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diurne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diurne in French?
diurne appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).