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pré

French, noun/pʁe/

pré is spelled P-R-É (3 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pré is a French masculine noun meaning “meadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Champ où pousse de l’herbe (naturelle ou cultivée), où l’on recueille du foin, ou qui sert au pâturage”.

What does pré mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemeadow

prefix

as pré-
  1. 1

    pre-

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Champ où pousse de l’herbe (naturelle ou cultivée), où l’on recueille du foin, ou qui sert au pâturage. 2. Lieu où a lieu un duel. 3. Bagne.

prefix: 1. Marque l’antériorité dans le temps. 2. Qui précède dans l’espace.

noun: 1. Pure race espagnole : race de cheval.

noun: 1. professeure, comme un titre.

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 pré

  • prés plural
  • Pʳᵉˢ plural
  • Pʳᵉ canonical
  • Pr masculine

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

How do you pronounce pré?

  • /pʁe/
  • \pʁe\
  • [pʁe]

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

English words that translate to pré

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

How common is pré in French?

pré appears 28 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).

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