courtine
French, noun/kuʁ.tin/
courtine is spelled C-O-U-R-T-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courtine is a French feminine noun meaning “curtain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rideau servant à dissimuler ou à décorer un lit”.
What does courtine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecurtain
- 2
femininecurtain wall (fortification)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rideau servant à dissimuler ou à décorer un lit. 2. Tenture disposée derrière un autel. 3. Mur ordinairement rectiligne, reliant deux bastions. 4. Courses hippiques.
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 courtine
- courtines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courtine?
- /kuʁ.tin/
- \kuʁ.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is courtine in French?
courtine appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).