héronnière
French, noun/e.ʁɔ.njɛʁ/
héronnière is spelled H-É-R-O-N-N-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Héronnière is a French feminine noun meaning “heronry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où les hérons se retirent et font leurs petits ; endroit où l’on élève les hérons”.
What does héronnière mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheronry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où les hérons se retirent et font leurs petits ; endroit où l’on élève les hérons.
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 héronnière
- héronnières plural
- ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁɔ.njɛʁ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce héronnière?
- /e.ʁɔ.njɛʁ/
- ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁɔ.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is héronnière in French?
héronnière appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).