arène
French, noun/a.ʁɛn/
arène is spelled A-R-È-N-E (5 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arène is a French feminine noun meaning “arena” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sable ; gravier”.
What does arène mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearena
noun
- 1
masculinearene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sable ; gravier. 2. Terrain très meuble, formé de sable plus ou moins grossier, qui résulte de la décomposition de roches. 3. Espèce de sable argileux ayant la propriété de former, par son mélange avec la chaux grasse, un mortier hydraulique. 4. Partie sablée d’un amphithéâtre pour les jeux et les combats.
noun: 1. Groupe d’hydrocarbures dont la structure comporte au moins un cycle, le représentant le plus simple de ce groupe est le benzène.
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 arène
- arènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arène?
- /a.ʁɛn/
- \a.ʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arène in French?
arène appears 5.1 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).