canne
French, noun
canne is spelled C-A-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canne is a French feminine noun meaning “cane; stick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, canné is a different word: “past participle of canner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de roseau, telle que le roseau, la canne d’Inde, la canne à sucre, le bambou, etc”.
What does canne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecane; stick
- 2
feminineinformalpeg; leg
- 3
femininerod; fishing rod
- 4
femininereed, cattail
- 5
femininesugar cane
- 6
feminine(drinking) straw
verb
- 1
past participle of canner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de roseau, telle que le roseau, la canne d’Inde, la canne à sucre, le bambou, etc. 2. Tige ou racine qui ne se trouve plus aujourd’hui dans le commerce, et qui provenait du Calamus aromaticus. 3. Bâton léger sur lequel on s’appuie de la main en marchant, souvent fait de roseau, de jonc ou de bois. 4. Instrument long et cylindrique dont les usages diffèrent.
adjective: 1. Qui est fait avec la canne. 2. Mort, fatigué.
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 canne
- cannes plural
- cannée feminine
- cannés masculine plural
- cannées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to canne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canne in French?
canne appears 6.3 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).