binette
French, noun/bi.nɛt/
binette is spelled B-I-N-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Binette is a French feminine noun meaning “hoe (agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Outil dont on se sert pour biner, pour travailler une terre de façon superficielle pour l’aérer ou pour…”.
What does binette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehoe (agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalface
- 2
Quebecfeminineinformalemoticon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Outil dont on se sert pour biner, pour travailler une terre de façon superficielle pour l’aérer ou pour détruire les mauvaises herbes.
noun: 1. Visage, expression ou allure d’une personne. 2. Association de quelques caractères typographiques afin d’évoquer un visage avec différentes expressions utilisée dans les messages envoyés par internet ou par téléphone portable.
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 binette
- binettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce binette?
- /bi.nɛt/
- \bi.nɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to binette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is binette in French?
binette appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).