défens
French, noun/de.fɑ̃/
défens is spelled D-É-F-E-N-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défens is a French masculine noun meaning “a forest in which only the local lord could hunt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terre qu'il n'est pas permis d'exploiter, notamment par l'interdiction du pacage du bétail et des coupes de…”.
What does défens mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea forest in which only the local lord could hunt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terre qu'il n'est pas permis d'exploiter, notamment par l'interdiction du pacage du bétail et des coupes de bois.
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 défens
- défends
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défens?
- /de.fɑ̃/
- \de.fɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is défens in French?
défens appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).