canine
French, noun/ka.nin/
canine is spelled C-A-N-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canine is a French feminine noun meaning “canine, cuspid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of canin. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dent pointue d’un mammifère (excepté les rongeurs), au nombre de deux par mâchoire, qui sert principalement à…”.
What does canine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecanine, cuspid
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of canin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dent pointue d’un mammifère (excepté les rongeurs), au nombre de deux par mâchoire, qui sert principalement à rompre ou à briser les corps durs ainsi qu'à déchirer la chair, et qui se situe entre les incisives et les molaires.
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 canine
- canines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canine?
- /ka.nin/
- \ka.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canine in French?
canine appears 1.0 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).