cadène
French, noun/ka.dɛn/
cadène is spelled C-A-D-È-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadène is a French feminine noun meaning “chain used to attach convicts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce généralement métallique solidaire du pont du navire ou de la coque, sur laquelle sont frappés les…”.
What does cadène mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininechain used to attach convicts
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce généralement métallique solidaire du pont du navire ou de la coque, sur laquelle sont frappés les câbles tenant le mât. 2. Chaîne des forçats. 3. Ces mêmes forçats enchainés. 4. Petite planchette de bois sur laquelle les pêcheurs enroulent leurs lignes.
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 cadène
- cadènes plural
- cadenne alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadène?
- /ka.dɛn/
- \ka.dɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cadène in French?
cadène appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).