pérégrin
French, adjective/pe.ʁe.ɡʁɛ̃/
pérégrin is spelled P-É-R-É-G-R-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pérégrin is a French adjective meaning “foreign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est dans l’état de pérégrinité”.
What does pérégrin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
foreign
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dans l’état de pérégrinité. 2. Qualifie une planète qui n’occupe aucune de ses dignités dans un thème astral.
noun: 1. Personne qui pérégrine. 2. Celui qui est dans l’état de pérégrinité. 3. Homme libre vivant à Rome sans toutefois être citoyen romain.
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 pérégrin
- pérégrine feminine
- pérégrins masculine plural
- pérégrines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pérégrin?
- /pe.ʁe.ɡʁɛ̃/
- \pe.ʁe.ɡʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pérégrin in French?
pérégrin appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).