aune
French, noun
aune is spelled A-U-N-E (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aune is a French feminine noun meaning “ell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of auner. With an accent, auné is a different word: “past participle of auner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mesure ancienne équivalant à 1,188 mètre, instaurée par un édit royal de François Iᵉʳ pour tenter…”.
What does aune mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineell
- 2
femininemeasuring rod of one ell
- 3
feminineyardstick (standard to which other comparisons are judged)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of aulne (“alder”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of auner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mesure ancienne équivalant à 1,188 mètre, instaurée par un édit royal de François Iᵉʳ pour tenter d’harmoniser les mesures de longueur, mais qui prit selon les lieux diverses valeurs. 2. Bâton de même longueur, dont on se servait pour mesurer. 3. Grande longueur. (Exagération marquant souvent l’importance de la déception : voir long d’une aune) 4. La mesure d’une chose.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de aulne.
adjective: 1. Mesuré à l’aune.
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 aune
- aunes plural
- aunée feminine
- aunés masculine plural
- aunées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aune in French?
aune appears 1.5 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).