say it: THIR-ee
thiry is a noun meaning "French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe". It carries one recorded sense.
French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for thiry come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.