balane
French, noun/ba.lan/
balane is spelled B-A-L-A-N-E (6 letters). Balane is a French masculine noun meaning “barnacle, especially the acorn barnacle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit crustacé qui se fixe habituellement sur les rochers ou les coquillages”.
What does balane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarnacle, especially the acorn barnacle
- 2
datedmasculineglans
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit crustacé qui se fixe habituellement sur les rochers ou les coquillages.
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 balane
- balanes plural
- balanus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balane?
- /ba.lan/
- \ba.lan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.