zéphir
French, noun\ze.fiʁ\
zéphir is spelled Z-É-P-H-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zéphir is a French masculine noun meaning “zephyr; alternative spelling of zéphyr” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom que les anciens donnaient au vent d’occident”.
What does zéphir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezephyr; alternative spelling of zéphyr
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom que les anciens donnaient au vent d’occident. 2. Toute sorte de vents doux et agréables.
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 zéphir
- zéphirs plural
- zéphyr
- zéphire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zéphir?
- \ze.fiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zéphir in French?
zéphir appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).