haire
French, noun/ɛʁ/
haire is spelled H-A-I-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haire is a French feminine noun meaning “hairshirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite chemise faite d’un tissu de poil de chèvre, de crin ou de tout autre poil rude et piquant, qu’on porte…”.
What does haire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehairshirt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite chemise faite d’un tissu de poil de chèvre, de crin ou de tout autre poil rude et piquant, qu’on porte sur la chair par mortification. 2. Grosse étoffe pour les brasseurs, et dont on se sert aussi dans les forges.
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 haire
- haires plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛʁ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haire?
- /ɛʁ/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is haire in French?
haire appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).