pierre lunaire

\pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\

/\pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pierre de lune.

Key facts for pierre lunaire
PropertyValue
Headwordpierre lunaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pierre lunaire” sits in French frequency

pierre lunaire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

pierre lunaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pierre de lune.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pierre lunaire, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pierre lunaire, spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -L-U-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pierre de lune.

This word in other languages

Mondstein(Deutsch)

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 lunaire"?
"pierre lunaire" is spelled P-I-E-R-R-E- -L-U-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\.
What does "pierre lunaire" mean?
As a noun, "pierre lunaire" means: Pierre de lune.
How do you pronounce "pierre lunaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pierre lunaire" is \pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pierre lunaire" come from?
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Using “pierre lunaire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-I-E-R-R-E- -L-U-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pjɛʁ ly.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list