dune
French, noun/dyn/
dune is spelled D-U-N-E (4 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dune is a French feminine noun meaning “dune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monticule ou colline de sable qui s’étend le long des bords de la mer ou dans les zones désertiques”.
What does dune mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedune
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monticule ou colline de sable qui s’étend le long des bords de la mer ou dans les zones désertiques.
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 dune
- dunes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dune?
- /dyn/
- \dyn\
- \ˈdy.nə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dune in French?
dune appears 3.9 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).