menhir
French, noun/mɛ.niʁ/
menhir is spelled M-E-N-H-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menhir is a French masculine noun meaning “menhir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bloc de pierre de forme allongée, dressé par les populations néolithiques, que l’on trouve en territoire…”.
What does menhir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemenhir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bloc de pierre de forme allongée, dressé par les populations néolithiques, que l’on trouve en territoire celte, notamment en Bretagne et Grande-Bretagne.
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 menhir
- menhirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menhir?
- /mɛ.niʁ/
- /me.niʁ/
- \me.niʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menhir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menhir in French?
menhir 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).