thrène
French, noun/tʁɛn/
thrène is spelled T-H-R-È-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thrène is a French masculine noun meaning “threne (ancient Greek funeral lament)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chant funèbre chez les Grecs”.
What does thrène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethrene (ancient Greek funeral lament)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chant funèbre chez les Grecs.
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 thrène
- thrènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thrène?
- /tʁɛn/
- \tʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thrène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thrène in French?
thrène appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).