pyrénée
French, adjective/pi.ʁe.ne/
pyrénée is spelled P-Y-R-É-N-É-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyrénée is a French adjective meaning “only used in monts Pyrénées m pl (“Pyrenean mounts”) and montagnes Pyrénées f (“Pyrenean mountains”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pyrénéen”.
What does pyrénée mean in English?
adjective
- 1
only used in monts Pyrénées m pl (“Pyrenean mounts”) and montagnes Pyrénées f (“Pyrenean mountains”)
- 2
epithet of Venus
Vénus Pyrénée
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pyrénéen.
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 pyrénée
- pyrénées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyrénée?
- /pi.ʁe.ne/
- \pi.ʁe.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pyrénée in French?
pyrénée appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).