draisine
French, noun/dʁɛ.zin/
draisine is spelled D-R-A-I-S-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Draisine is a French feminine noun meaning “draisine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule léger, principalement utilisé pour l'entretien des voies ferrées”.
What does draisine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedraisine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule léger, principalement utilisé pour l'entretien des voies ferrées.
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 draisine
- draisines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce draisine?
- /dʁɛ.zin/
- /dʁe.zin/
- \dʁɛ.zin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is draisine in French?
draisine appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).