chine
French, verb
chine is spelled C-H-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written French, the 1,026th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chine is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, chiné is a different word: “past participle of chiner”.
What does chine mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of chiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dessin irrégulier formé par la juxtaposition aléatoire de deux couleurs différentes.
adjective: 1. En parlant des tissus, dont le motif a été créé par chinage, en alternant les couleurs des fils de chaîne avant le tissage.
noun: 1. Papier de Chine.
noun: 1. Porcelaine de Chine.
noun: 1. Brocante, vente au porte à porte.
noun: 1. ש, vingt-et-unième lettre de l’alphabet hébreu.
noun: 1. Fonderie dans les écoles d’Arts et Métiers.
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 chine
- chinée feminine
- chinés masculine plural
- chinées feminine plural
- chines plural
- shin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chine in French?
chine appears 81 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).