ironie
French, noun/i.ʁɔ.ni/
ironie is spelled I-R-O-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ironie is a French feminine noun meaning “irony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure de rhétorique par laquelle on dit le contraire de ce qu’on veut faire entendre”.
What does ironie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirony
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure de rhétorique par laquelle on dit le contraire de ce qu’on veut faire entendre. 2. Attitude sarcastique par laquelle on regarde les autres de haut. 3. Propos sarcastiques. 4. Ce qui, dans sa dérision ou sa contradiction, ressemble à une plaisanterie.
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 ironie
- ironies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ironie?
- /i.ʁɔ.ni/
- \i.ʁɔ.ni\
- [i.ʁɔ.ni]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ironie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ironie in French?
ironie appears 9.1 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).