vire
French, noun
vire is spelled V-I-R-E (4 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vire is a French feminine noun meaning “a small ledge on the side of a mountain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of virer. With an accent, viré is a different word: “past participle of virer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étroite plate-forme ou corniche sur les flancs d’une paroi rocheuse, sentier serpentant le long d’une…”.
What does vire mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandfemininea small ledge on the side of a mountain
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of virer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étroite plate-forme ou corniche sur les flancs d’une paroi rocheuse, sentier serpentant le long d’une montagne. 2. Ancien nom du panaris sous-épidermique.
noun: 1. N’est jamais employé au singulier, voir vires.
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 vire
- vires plural
- virée feminine
- virés masculine plural
- virées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vire in French?
vire appears 7.9 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).