Perséides
French, noun\pɛʁ.se.id\
Perséides is spelled P-E-R-S-É-I-D-E-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perséides is a French feminine noun meaning “plural of Perséide (“Perseid”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Collectivement, descendance de Persée, héros de la mythologie grecque”.
What does Perséides mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineplural of Perséide (“Perseid”)
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Perséide (“Perseid (meteor)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoiles filantes qui paraissent partir de la constellation de Persée durant une dizaine de jours au mois d’août.
noun: 1. Collectivement, descendance de Persée, héros de la mythologie grecque.
noun: 1. Pluriel de Perséide (poème épique portant sur les exploits de Persée). 2. Étoiles filantes qui paraissent partir de la constellation de Persée durant une dizaine de jours au mois d’août.
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 Perséides
- perséide singular
- Perséides
- Perséide singular masculine feminine
- perséides
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Perséides?
- \pɛʁ.se.id\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Perséides in French?
Perséides appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).