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

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

Example Sentences

Sánchez irritated European allies last year by saying Russian troops were unlikely to reach the Pyrenees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The earliest confirmed cases came from five frogs of the species Alytes obstetricans collected in 1915 in the Pyrenees region of France.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 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

Two years ago, before the Eaton fire would change my life and his, I met Sydney —half German shepherd, half Great Pyrenees and enigma with a capital E.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

Picasso packed up his things in the Pyrenees.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day