Pyrenees

American  

[pir-uh-neez] / ˈpɪr əˌniz /

plural noun

1. a mountain range between Spain and France. Highest peak, Pic de Néthou, 11,165 feet (3,400 meters).

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Pyrenees British  

/ ˌpɪrəˈniːz /

plural noun

1. a mountain range between France and Spain, extending from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean. Highest peak: Pico de Aneto, 3404 m (11 168 ft)

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Pyrenees Cultural  

1. Mountain chain in southwestern Europe, between France and Spain, extending from the Bay of Biscay on the west to the Mediterranean Sea on the east.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sub-Pyrenean
  adjective
• Pyrenean
  adjective
• trans-Pyrenean
  adjective

Example Sentences

High in the eastern Pyrenees, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that could transform our understanding of how prehistoric people used mountain landscapes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

For example, mountain ranges like the Alps, Central Europe, the Pyrenees, Western Canada, the Rocky Mountains, they have a lot of small glaciers, which just don’t have enough ice-mass reserves.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

He and Jake leave Paris to fish in the Pyrenees and watch bullfights in Pamplona, where tensions among the expatriates explode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Stage 10: Simone Petilli of Intermarche-Wanty crashed as the peloton compressed when protestors ran into the road in the Pyrenees.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

I told him to take the flowers of the Pyrenees away and bring me a vieux marc.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway