pyrrhique
French, adjective/pi.ʁik/
pyrrhique is spelled P-Y-R-R-H-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyrrhique is a French adjective meaning “pyrrhic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne Pyrrhus et son royaume, et en particulier la danse et le pied de métrique qui s’y rattachent”.
What does pyrrhique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pyrrhic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne Pyrrhus et son royaume, et en particulier la danse et le pied de métrique qui s’y rattachent.
noun: 1. Danse guerrière dont on attribuait l’invention à Pyrrhus, fils d’Achille.
noun: 1. Pied composé de deux brèves.
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 pyrrhique
- pyrrhiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyrrhique?
- /pi.ʁik/
- \pi.ʁik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pyrrhique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pyrrhique in French?
pyrrhique appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).