piriforme
French, adjective/pi.ʁi.fɔʁm/
piriforme is a French adjective meaning “pyriform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est en forme de poire”.
What does piriforme mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pyriform
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en forme de poire.
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 piriforme
- piriformes plural
- periforme alternative obsolete
- pyriforme alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piriforme?
- /pi.ʁi.fɔʁm/
- \pi.ʁi.fɔʁm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piriforme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piriforme in French?
piriforme appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).