tyran
French, noun/ti.ʁɑ̃/
tyran is spelled T-Y-R-A-N (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tyran is a French masculine noun meaning “tyrant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roi absolu, monarque, despote qui usurpe la puissance souveraine”.
What does tyran mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetyrant
- 2
masculinebully
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roi absolu, monarque, despote qui usurpe la puissance souveraine. 2. Celui qui exerce la puissance souveraine arbitrairement et sans contrôle. 3. Celui qui gouverne avec injustice et sans aucun respect pour les lois et les libertés humaines. 4. Quelqu’une ou quelqu'un qui abuse de son autorité.
noun: 1. Passereau de la famille des Tyrannidés.
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 tyran
- tyrans plural
- tyranne feminine
- tyrane feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tyran?
- /ti.ʁɑ̃/
- \ti.ʁɑ̃\
- [ti.ʁɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tyran
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tyran in French?
tyran appears 2.8 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).