sénaire
French, noun/se.nɛʁ/
sénaire is spelled S-É-N-A-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sénaire is a French masculine noun meaning “senarius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vers latin de six pieds, correspondant au trimètre iambique grec, employé surtout dans la comédie et la…”.
What does sénaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
senary
noun
- 1
masculinesenarius
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui comporte six parties, qui se divise par six.
noun: 1. Vers latin de six pieds, correspondant au trimètre iambique grec, employé surtout dans la comédie et la tragédie. 2. Vers français qui reçoit six accents et qui, par conséquent, est divisible en six mesures rythmiques.
adjective: 1. Disposé six à six.
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 sénaire
- sénaires plural
- senaires plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sénaire?
- /se.nɛʁ/
- \se.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sénaire in French?
sénaire appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).