bain
French, noun/bɛ̃/
bain is spelled B-A-I-N (4 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bain is a French masculine noun meaning “bath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de baigner ou de se baigner”.
What does bain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebath
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de baigner ou de se baigner. 2. Baignoire. 3. Cuve où il y a de l’eau et des drogues pour la teinture. 4. Toute substance par l’intermédiaire de laquelle on chauffe un vase pour opérer la digestion ou la distillation de ce qu’il contient.
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 bain
- bains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bain?
- /bɛ̃/
- \bɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bain in French?
bain appears 35 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).