pierre fine

\pjɛʁ fin\

/\pjɛʁ fin\/ noun

The verdict

“pierre fine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pierre-fine · pierre fine · French

pierre fine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pierre fine
PropertyValue
Headwordpierre fine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pjɛʁ fin\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pierre fine » en français

pierre finereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pierre fine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ fin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.".

pierre fine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pierre fine, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -F-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pierre fine"?
"pierre fine" is spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -F-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pjɛʁ fin\.
What does "pierre fine" mean?
As a noun, "pierre fine" means: Gemme autre que les quatre pierres précieuses, comme l’aigue-marine, l’améthyste, la citrine, le grenat, la topaze, etc.
How do you pronounce "pierre fine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pierre fine" is \pjɛʁ fin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pierre fine" come from?
"pierre fine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list