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praire

French, noun\pʁɛʁ\

praire is spelled P-R-A-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Praire is a French masculine noun meaning “Venus clam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coquillage bivalve se trouvant (entre autres) sur les bords de la Méditerranée”.

What does praire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineVenus clam

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Coquillage bivalve se trouvant (entre autres) sur les bords de la Méditerranée.

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 praire

  • praires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce praire?

  • \pʁɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to praire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is praire in French?

praire appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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