hier
French, adverb/jɛʁ/
hier is spelled H-I-E-R (4 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written French, the 504th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hier is a French adverb meaning “yesterday” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le jour qui précède immédiatement celui où l’on est. Il y a un jour”.
What does hier mean in English?
adverb
- 1
yesterday
verb
- 1
obsoleteto stamp with a rod (hie)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Le jour qui précède immédiatement celui où l’on est. Il y a un jour. 2. Une époque indéterminée, mais qui n’est passée que depuis peu.
noun: 1. Passé, temps passé.
verb: 1. Enfoncer avec une hie.
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 hier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- hiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- hié participle past
- hie first-person indicative present
- hies indicative present second-person
- hions first-person indicative plural
- hiez indicative plural present
- hient indicative plural present
- hiais first-person imperfect indicative
- hiait imperfect indicative singular
- hiions first-person imperfect indicative
- hiiez imperfect indicative plural
- hiaient imperfect indicative plural
- hiai first-person historic indicative
- hias historic indicative past
- hia historic indicative past
- hiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hier?
- /jɛʁ/
- /i.jɛʁ/
- /je/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hier in French?
hier appears 162 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).