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mire

French, noun

mire is spelled M-I-R-E (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mire is a French feminine noun meaning “aim (action of aiming)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mirer. With an accent, miré is a different word: “past participle of mirer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de bouton placé vers l’extrémité d’une arme à feu, d'un jalon, etc., et qui sert à mirer”.

What does mire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineaim (action of aiming)

  2. 2

    feminineforesight (of rifle)

  3. 3

    femininetarget

  4. 4

    femininetest pattern

  5. 5

    femininerod (measuring tool)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemedieval physician

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as miré
  1. 1

    past participle of mirer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sorte de bouton placé vers l’extrémité d’une arme à feu, d'un jalon, etc., et qui sert à mirer. 2. Image fixe permettant les réglages de l’écran. 3. Règle graduée qui permet, avec un niveau, de mesurer des niveaux, c’est-à-dire des différences d’altitude.

noun: 1. Médecin, au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance.

noun: 1. Défense de sanglier.

noun: 1. Langue afro-asiatique tchadique parlée au Tchad.

noun: 1. Chatte (l’animal), c'est une des forme féminine de miron. ^([1])

adjective: 1. Qui a les défenses recourbées en dedans.

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 mire

  • mires plural
  • miresse feminine
  • mirée feminine
  • mirés masculine plural
  • mirées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mire in French?

mire appears 2.6 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).

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