sistre
French, noun/sistʁ/
sistre is spelled S-I-S-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sistre is a French masculine noun meaning “sistrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de musique dont les Égyptiens se servaient à la guerre et dans les cérémonies religieuses d’Isis”.
What does sistre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesistrum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de musique dont les Égyptiens se servaient à la guerre et dans les cérémonies religieuses d’Isis. 2. En organologie, désigne tout instrument de musique secoué dont le principe sonore est visible (contrairement aux maracas, par exemple).
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 sistre
- sistres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sistre?
- /sistʁ/
- \sistʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sistre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sistre in French?
sistre appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).