murène
French, noun/my.ʁɛn/
murène is spelled M-U-R-È-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murène is a French feminine noun meaning “moray eel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de poissons osseux au corps anguilliforme (ressemblant à une anguille), légèrement comprimé…”.
What does murène mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoray eel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de poissons osseux au corps anguilliforme (ressemblant à une anguille), légèrement comprimé latéralement, visqueux, sans nageoires paires, à nageoire dorsale sur tout le dos, aux dents longues et pointues.
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 murène
- murènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce murène?
- /my.ʁɛn/
- \my.ʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to murène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is murène in French?
murène appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).