proie
French, noun/pʁwa/
proie is spelled P-R-O-I-E (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proie is a French feminine noun meaning “prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger”.
What does proie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprey
- 2
femininebooty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger. 2. Ce dont on s’empare pour s’en nourrir. 3. Butin fait à la guerre, et généralement, toute chose dont on s’empare avec violence, avec une sorte de rapacité. 4. Personne qui a beaucoup à souffrir des passions des autres ou de sa propre passion.
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 proie
- proies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proie?
- /pʁwa/
- /pʁwɑ/
- \pʁwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proie in French?
proie appears 9.8 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).