pyrène
French, noun/pi.ʁɛn/
pyrène is spelled P-Y-R-È-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyrène is a French masculine noun meaning “seed (of a fleshy fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Noix d’un péricarpe charnu”.
What does pyrène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseed (of a fleshy fruit)
- 2
masculinepyrene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pyrénéen.
noun: 1. Noix d’un péricarpe charnu.
noun: 1. Composé chimique de la famille des hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques, de formule C₁₆H₁₀.
noun: 1. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
noun: 1. Monnaie locale pyrénéenne du pays de Foix.
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 pyrène
- pyrènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyrène?
- /pi.ʁɛn/
- \pi.ʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pyrène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pyrène in French?
pyrène appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).