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Ier

French, adjective/je/

Ier is spelled I-E-R (3 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ier is a French adjective meaning “I (“the first”, used after names)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Premier”.

What does Ier mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    I (“the first”, used after names)

    Charles Iᵉʳ d’Anjou était le premier des comtes héréditaires de l’Anjou.

suffix

as -ier
  1. 1

    masculineforms the names of trees or bushes bearing a particular type of fruit

  2. 2

    masculineforms the names of ships

  3. 3

    masculineforms the names of jobs

suffix

as -ier
  1. 1

    forms adjectives

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Suffixe permettant de désigner la personne réalisant une action, un métier. 2. Suffixe servant à former des noms de récipients à partir du nom du contenu. 3. Suffixe servant à former des noms d’objets permettant de réaliser une fonction ou un autre objet, ou bien rappelant la forme d’un objet. 4. Suffixe dénotant un rassemblement de plusieurs choses de même nature.

adjective: 1. Premier.

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 Ier

  • Iᵉʳ canonical
  • Iʳᵉ feminine
  • I^(ère) feminine
  • Iᵉʳˢ masculine plural
  • Iʳᵉˢ feminine plural
  • I^(ères) feminine plural
  • palatale
  • 1ᵉʳ

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Ier?

  • /je/
  • /pʁə.mje/
  • \je\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Ier in French?

Ier appears 8.7 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).

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