alain
French, adjective/a.lɛ̃/
alain is spelled A-L-A-I-N (5 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written French, the 2,074th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alain is a French adjective meaning “Alan (of the Alans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au peuple des Alains”.
What does alain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Alan (of the Alans)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au peuple des Alains.
noun: 1. Langue parlée par les Alains, ancêtre de l’ossète.
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 alain
- alaine feminine
- alains masculine plural
- alaines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alain?
- /a.lɛ̃/
- \a.lɛ̃\
- [a.lɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alain in French?
alain appears 40 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).