affinerie
French, noun/a.fin.ʁi/
affinerie is spelled A-F-F-I-N-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affinerie is a French feminine noun meaning “refinery (especially a place where metal is purified)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où l’on affine”.
What does affinerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefinery (especially a place where metal is purified)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où l’on affine. 2. Forge pour filer le fer ou le laiton 3. Fer affiné et mis en rouleau.
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 affinerie
- affineries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affinerie?
- /a.fin.ʁi/
- \a.fin.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affinerie in French?
affinerie appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).