confins
French, noun/kɔ̃.fɛ̃/
confins is spelled C-O-N-F-I-N-S (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confins is a French masculine noun meaning “confines, edges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Limites d’un pays, d’un territoire”.
What does confins mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconfines, edges
- 2
masculineend
les confins de l'univers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Limites d’un pays, d’un territoire. 2. Limites chronologiques d’une période. 3. Endroits les plus éloignés, les plus reculés. 4. Définit les limites d’un exercice ou d’une situation.
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.
How do you pronounce confins?
- /kɔ̃.fɛ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confins
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confins in French?
confins appears 2.5 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).