foire
French, noun
foire is spelled F-O-I-R-E (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foire is a French feminine noun meaning “a fair, an exposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of foirer. With an accent, foiré is a different word: “past participle of foirer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fête populaire qui a lieu à certaines dates de l’année”.
What does foire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea fair, an exposition
- 2
feminineartisans' market
noun
- 1
femininevulgardiarrhoea
- 2
feminineslangfuckup, mess
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of foirer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fête populaire qui a lieu à certaines dates de l’année. 2. Présent qu’on fait au temps d’une fête. 3. Fête foraine, kermesse. 4. Assemblée considérable et publique qui se tient en temps et lieu désignés d’avance, où les marchands peuvent étaler et vendre des objets de leur commerce.
noun: 1. Diarrhée.
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 foire
- foires plural
- foirée feminine
- foirés masculine plural
- foirées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to foire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foire in French?
foire appears 12 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).