satire
French, noun/sa.tiʁ/
satire is spelled S-A-T-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Satire is a French feminine noun meaning “satire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À Rome, forme de pièce de théâtre en partie chantée”.
What does satire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesatire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. À Rome, forme de pièce de théâtre en partie chantée. 2. Ouvrage en vers, fait pour reprendre, pour tourner en ridicule, pour châtier les vices et les sottises des hommes. 3. Certains ouvrages de longue haleine, ordinairement mêlés de prose et de vers, qui sont faits dans la même intention. 4. Tout écrit ou discours piquant, mordant contre quelqu’un.
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 satire
- satires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce satire?
- /sa.tiʁ/
- \sa.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to satire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is satire in French?
satire appears 2.6 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).