prairie
French, noun/pʁɛ.ʁi/
prairie is spelled P-R-A-I-R-I-E (7 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prairie is a French feminine noun meaning “meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pré”.
What does prairie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeadow, grassland, pasture, prairie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pré. 2. Plaine herbeuse américaine. 3. Pâture.
adjective: 1. De la couleur vert herbe clair et vif. #57D53B
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 prairie
- prairies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prairie?
- /pʁɛ.ʁi/
- /pʁe.ʁi/
- \pʁɛ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prairie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prairie in French?
prairie appears 4.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).