hère
French, noun/ɛʁ/
hère is spelled H-È-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hère is a French masculine noun meaning “wretch (now only as pauvre hère, but formerly also on its own)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne sans mérite, sans considération ou sans fortune”.
What does hère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewretch (now only as pauvre hère, but formerly also on its own)
noun
- 1
masculinea young stag older than 6 months but not yet a brocket
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne sans mérite, sans considération ou sans fortune.
noun: 1. Jeu de cartes qui se joue entre plusieurs personnes qu’on appelle aussi l’As qui court ou la Bête noire.
noun: 1. Cerf âgé de six mois à un an qui n'est pas encore daguet.
noun: 1. Synonyme de fer.
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 hère
- hères 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 hère?
- /ɛʁ/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛʁ\
- \ɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hère in French?
hère appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).