ire
French, noun/iʁ/
ire is spelled I-R-E (3 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ire is a French feminine noun meaning “ire, anger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Colère”.
What does ire mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineire, anger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Colère.
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 ire
- ires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ire?
- /iʁ/
- \iʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ire in French?
ire appears 1.6 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).