douane
French, noun/dwan/
douane is spelled D-O-U-A-N-E (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douane is a French feminine noun meaning “customs (an authority responsible for controlling the flow of goods to and from a country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le lieu, l’édifice où une douane est établie”.
What does douane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecustoms (an authority responsible for controlling the flow of goods to and from a country)
- 2
femininecustoms office
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Administration chargée de percevoir à la frontière les droits imposés sur l’entrée et la sortie des marchandises et de veiller à ce que les importations ou les exportations prohibées n’aient pas lieu. 2. Le lieu, l’édifice où une douane est établie. 3. Droits de douane.
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 douane
- douanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douane?
- /dwan/
- \dwan\
- [dwan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to douane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douane in French?
douane appears 4.8 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).