poire
French, noun
poire is a French feminine noun meaning “pear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, poiré is a different word: “perry (pear cider)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit à pépin, de saveur agréable, ordinairement de forme oblongue, et qui va en diminuant vers la queue”.
What does poire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepear
- 2
colloquialfemininemug, sucker, soft touch
- 3
feminineinformalmush, face
en pleine poire
- 4
femininea bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper
- 5
femininepear brandy
- 6
femininea pull cord switch with a pear-shaped knob
- 7
femininea beef cut
noun
- 1
masculineperry (pear cider)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit à pépin, de saveur agréable, ordinairement de forme oblongue, et qui va en diminuant vers la queue. 2. Alcool, liqueur de poire. 3. Petite pièce de viande de bœuf, très tendre, de même forme que le fruit. 4. Tête ; visage.
noun: 1. Boisson faite par fermentation alcoolique de jus de poires pressurées.
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 poire
- poires plural
- poirés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to poire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poire in French?
poire appears 3.1 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).