hégire
French, noun/e.ʒiʁ/
hégire is spelled H-É-G-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hégire is a French feminine noun meaning “Hijra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fuite de Mahomet, le prophète de l'islam, de La Mecque pour Médine”.
What does hégire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineHijra
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fuite de Mahomet, le prophète de l'islam, de La Mecque pour Médine. 2. Début du calendrier musulman, basé sur cet évènement. 3. Calendrier musulman. 4. Fuite, exil, en matière de religion ; début d’une nouvelle ère.
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 hégire
- hégires plural
- hégyre dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hégire?
- /e.ʒiʁ/
- \e.ʒiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hégire in French?
hégire appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).