prière
French, noun/pʁi.jɛʁ/
prière is a French feminine noun meaning “prayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paroles par lesquelles on s’adresse à Dieu, ou à des intercesseurs”.
What does prière mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprayer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paroles par lesquelles on s’adresse à Dieu, ou à des intercesseurs. 2. Demande faite à titre de grâce et avec une sorte d’humilité ou au moins de déférence.
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 prière
- prières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prière?
- /pʁi.jɛʁ/
- \pʁi.jɛʁ\
- [pʁi.jɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prière in French?
prière appears 20 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).