alène
French, noun
alène is spelled A-L-È-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alène is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of alêne” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, alêne is a different word: “awl (pointed instrument for piercing)”. With an accent, alêné is a different word: “acuminate, subulate”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poinçon de fer dont on se sert pour percer et coudre le cuir”.
What does alène mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of alêne
noun
- 1
feminineawl (pointed instrument for piercing)
adjective
- 1
acuminate, subulate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poinçon de fer dont on se sert pour percer et coudre le cuir. 2. Une certaine espèce de raie. 3. Feuilles en alêne → voir subulé
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de alène.
adjective: 1. Terminé en pointe.
adjective: 1. Terminé en pointe.
adjective: 1. Qui se termine en pointe dure.
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 alène
- alênes plural
- alène alternative
- alênée feminine
- alênés masculine plural
- alênées feminine plural
- alènes plural
- alêne
- berrichon dialectal
- limousin dialectal
- suisse dialectal
- alènés plural masculine
- alènée singular feminine
- alènées plural feminine
- alêné
- alèné
- alénés plural masculine
- alénée singular feminine
- alénées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alène in French?
alène appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).