crinière
French, noun/kʁi.njɛʁ/
crinière is spelled C-R-I-N-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crinière is a French feminine noun meaning “mane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des crins qui garnissent le cou de certains animaux, comme le cheval ou le lion”.
What does crinière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemane
- 2
feminineplume (on helmet)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des crins qui garnissent le cou de certains animaux, comme le cheval ou le lion. 2. Amas de poils sur certains animaux. 3. Touffe de crins tombante qui garnit le cimier d’un casque et flotte par-derrière. 4. Chevelure abondante.
noun: 1. Femme qui travaille, qui apprête le crin.
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 crinière
- crinières plural
- crinier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crinière?
- /kʁi.njɛʁ/
- \kʁi.ɲɛʁ\
- \kʁi.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crinière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crinière in French?
crinière appears 1.2 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).