zaïre
French, noun/za.iʁ/
zaïre is spelled Z-A-Ï-R-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zaïre is a French masculine noun meaning “zaire (currency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité monétaire introduite en 1967 en République démocratique du Congo (remplaçant le franc congolais)…”.
What does zaïre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezaire (currency)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité monétaire introduite en 1967 en République démocratique du Congo (remplaçant le franc congolais) jusqu’en 1993 (remplacée à son tour par le nouveau zaïre). Le zaïre se divisait en 100 makuta et 10 000 sengi. Le symbole était Z ou Ƶ, le code ISO 4217 ZRZ.
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 zaïre
- zaïres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zaïre?
- /za.iʁ/
- \za.iʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zaïre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zaïre in French?
zaïre appears 1.1 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).