zéphire
French, noun\ze.fiʁ\
zéphire is spelled Z-É-P-H-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zéphire is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of zéphyr” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de zéphyr”.
What does zéphire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of zéphyr
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de zéphyr.
noun: 1. Nom d'une laine très légère et très fine, utilisée pour la layette, les tricots légers. (Selon Le Petit Larousse de 1960, le mot a disparu depuis).
adjective: 1. Laine dont les fils sont de différentes couleurs. (Selon Quillet)
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 zéphire
- zéphires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zéphire?
- \ze.fiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zéphire in French?
zéphire appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).