devin
French, noun/də.vɛ̃/
devin is spelled D-E-V-I-N (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devin is a French masculine noun meaning “seer, soothsayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées”.
What does devin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseer, soothsayer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui prétend prédire les évènements qui arriveront et découvrir les choses cachées.
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 devin
- devins plural
- devineresse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devin?
- /də.vɛ̃/
- \də.vɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devin in French?
devin appears 1.9 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).