denim
French, noun/də.nim/
denim is spelled D-E-N-I-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denim is a French masculine noun meaning “denim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tissu utilisé pour confectionner les jeans”.
What does denim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedenim
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tissu utilisé pour confectionner les jeans.
adjective: 1. D’une couleur bleu grisée. #1560BD
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 denim
- denims plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce denim?
- /də.nim/
- \də.nim\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to denim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is denim in French?
denim appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).