andain
French, noun/ɑ̃.dɛ̃/
andain is spelled A-N-D-A-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andain is a French masculine noun meaning “swath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coup de faux d’un faucheur à chaque enjambée, étendue fauchée à chaque pas”.
What does andain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswath
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coup de faux d’un faucheur à chaque enjambée, étendue fauchée à chaque pas. 2. Quantité d’herbe, de foin, de blé, etc. qu’un faucheur abat à chaque coup de faux. 3. Coupe de foin mise en rangée pour le pressage, ou l’enlèvement. 4. Rangée de blocs rocheux, de pierre, de sable, etc.
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 andain
- andains plural
- andin
- andon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andain?
- /ɑ̃.dɛ̃/
- \ɑ̃.dɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to andain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andain in French?
andain appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).