cantine
French, noun/kɑ̃.tin/
cantine is spelled C-A-N-T-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantine is a French feminine noun meaning “canteen (small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit coffre divisé en compartiments pour porter des bouteilles ou des aliments”.
What does cantine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecanteen (small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit coffre divisé en compartiments pour porter des bouteilles ou des aliments. 2. Lieu de repas dans les écoles, les entreprises, etc. 3. Petite caisse dont les officiers en campagne se servent pour transporter leurs bagages personnels. 4. Il se dit aussi, dans les casernes, dans les ateliers, dans les écoles, dans les prisons, etc., du lieu polyvalent où l’on vend à boire, à manger ou d'autres produits du quotidien.
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 cantine
- cantines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantine?
- /kɑ̃.tin/
- \kɑ̃.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantine in French?
cantine appears 5.4 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).