caréner
\ka.ʁe.ne\
The verdict
“caréner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réparer, remettre en état la carène d’un bâtiment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carener · caréner · French
caréner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caréner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.ʁe.ne\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caréner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caréner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.ʁe.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for caréner in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caréner, spelled C-A-R-É-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Réparer, remettre en état la carène d’un bâtiment.
- 2Modifier le profil d’un objet (généralement un véhicule) ou d’un bâtiment pour le rendre plus aérodynamique ou hydrodynamique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caréner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On le rappelle, « L’Hermione » est partie en urgence à Anglet en septembre pour caréner sa coque mangée par les champignons.
Pour ce qui est des lignes extérieures, en mauve, et du bas de vitre frontale en vert, celles du TGVM reviennent bien plus en arrière et plus bas, lui donnant cette allure d’arche qui « enjambe » le bogie caréné, tout en donnant une illusion de nez plongeant démesurément grand.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.