diane
French, noun/djan/
diane is spelled D-I-A-N-E (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diane is a French feminine noun meaning “reveille” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La lune”.
What does diane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereveille
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La lune. 2. Batterie de tambour ou sonnerie de clairon ou de trompette qui se fait à la pointe du jour, pour éveiller les soldats ou les matelots, ou coup de canon annonçant l’ouverture de l’arsenal. 3. Argent (qui se disait aussi la lune), dans le langage des alchimistes. 4. Sorte de nymphe, en référence à la déesse romaine de la chasse.
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 diane
- dianes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diane?
- /djan/
- \djan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diane in French?
diane appears 8.9 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).