hennir
^((h aspiré))\e.niʁ\
The verdict
“hennir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre son cri ordinaire, en parlant du cheval ou du zèbre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hennir · hennir · French
hennir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hennir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\e.niʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hennir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\e.niʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire entendre son cri ordinaire, en parlant du cheval ou du zèbre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hennir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hennir, spelled H-E-N-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre son cri ordinaire, en parlant du cheval ou du zèbre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hennir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’aimais aussi alors, comme aujourd’hui, à voir les armes reluire au soleil, à entendre les chevaux hennir et frapper du pied, […].
En effet, au bout de cinq minutes de marche, le cheval releva la tête et hennit comme pour annoncer son arrivée, […].
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.