kyrie
French, noun/ki.ʁi.je/
kyrie is spelled K-Y-R-I-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kyrie is a French masculine noun meaning “kyrie (prayer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chant liturgique des Églises catholique et orthodoxe”.
What does kyrie mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekyrie (prayer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chant liturgique des Églises catholique et orthodoxe. 2. Texte même de ce chant, répété plusieurs fois. 3. Morceau de musique accompagnant ce chant. 4. Section d’une messe.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de kyrie.
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 kyrie
- kyries plural
- kyrié dated
- Kyrie
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kyrie?
- /ki.ʁi.je/
- \ki.ʁi.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kyrie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kyrie in French?
kyrie appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).