étiré
French, adjective
étiré is spelled É-T-I-R-É (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étiré is a French adjective meaning “stretched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of étirer. With an accent, étire is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does étiré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stretched
verb
- 1
past participle of étirer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lame métallique (anciennement en pierre) montée sur un manche sur le côté le plus long et qui servait à pratiquer le butage.
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 étiré
- étirée feminine
- étirés masculine plural
- étirées feminine plural
- étires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is étiré in French?
étiré appears 1.4 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).