mie
French, noun/mi/
mie is spelled M-I-E (3 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mie is a French feminine noun meaning “crumb (small piece of bread)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Miette, habituellement de pain”.
What does mie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrumb (small piece of bread)
- 2
femininecrumb (soft inside part of bread)
adverb
- 1
archaicnot
Ne parle mie
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineladylove, beloved
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Miette, habituellement de pain. 2. Partie molle qui est à l’intérieur du pain.
noun: 1. Forme affectueuse d’amie après ma, ta ou sa, avec déglutination de la voyelle initiale.
adverb: 1. Exprime la négation avec ne. Pas.
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 mie
- mies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mie?
- /mi/
- \mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mie in French?
mie appears 2.7 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).