fifre
French, noun/fifʁ/
fifre is spelled F-I-F-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fifre is a French masculine noun meaning “fife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de petite flûte traversière d’un son aigu en usage dans certaines armées et accompagnée par le…”.
What does fifre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefife
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de petite flûte traversière d’un son aigu en usage dans certaines armées et accompagnée par le tambourin, pour les fêtes traditionnelles en Provence. 2. Personne qui joue du fifre.
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 fifre
- fifres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fifre?
- /fifʁ/
- \fifʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fifre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fifre in French?
fifre appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).