uranie
French, noun/y.ʁa.ni/
uranie is spelled U-R-A-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uranie is a French feminine noun meaning “urania (moth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Papillon de la famille des Uraniidés aux grandes ailes très colorées”.
What does uranie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineurania (moth)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Papillon de la famille des Uraniidés aux grandes ailes très colorées. 2. Nymphe céleste.
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 uranie
- uranies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uranie?
- /y.ʁa.ni/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is uranie in French?
uranie appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).