houri
French, noun/u.ʁi/
houri is spelled H-O-U-R-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Houri is a French feminine noun meaning “houri” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Créature céleste qui, selon le Coran, sera dans le paradis la compagne des musulmans fidèles”.
What does houri mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehouri
- 2
feminineharem girl, odalisque
- 3
femininebeauty (beautiful woman)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Créature céleste qui, selon le Coran, sera dans le paradis la compagne des musulmans fidèles. 2. Femme esclave de harem, odalisque. 3. Femme très attrayante.
noun: 1. Espèce de chasse-marée, qui fait la pêche dans la Manche. On le nomme aussi houari.
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 houri
- houris plural
- ^((h aspiré))\u.ʁi\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce houri?
- /u.ʁi/
- ^((h aspiré))\u.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to houri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is houri in French?
houri appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).