irénique
French, adjective/i.ʁe.nik/
irénique is spelled I-R-É-N-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irénique is a French adjective meaning “irenic, irenical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui recherche l’œcuménisme, l’entente entre personnes dont les opinions religieuses divergent”.
What does irénique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
irenic, irenical
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui recherche l’œcuménisme, l’entente entre personnes dont les opinions religieuses divergent. 2. Qui recherche à tout prix, même au prix d’erreurs graves, la paix, l’entente entre personnes de camps adverses ou d’opinions divergentes.
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 irénique
- iréniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irénique?
- /i.ʁe.nik/
- \i.ʁe.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to irénique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irénique in French?
irénique appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).