émanaient

\e.ma.nɛ\

/\e.ma.nɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“émanaient” is uncommon French (frequency #82,604 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,604
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emanaient · émanaient · French

émanaient · rank #82,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,604
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH électrophorèse

Nearest frequency peer: électrophorèse (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « émanaient »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « émanaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émanaient
PropertyValue
Headwordémanaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ma.nɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émanaient » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.émanaienttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « électrophorèse » (#82,603), « émiettement » (#82,605), « électroacoustique » (#82,602). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émanaient » est au #82,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émanaient is uncommon French at frequency #82,604 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ma.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.".

émanaient has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émanaient, spelled É-M-A-N-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how émanaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle n’entendait que le léger roulement des flammes qui émanaient de sa voiture.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émanaient"?
"émanaient" is spelled É-M-A-N-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ma.nɛ\.
What does "émanaient" mean?
As a verb, "émanaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.
How do you pronounce "émanaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émanaient" is \e.ma.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "émanaient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list