emme
French, noun/ɛm/
emme is spelled E-M-M-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emme is a French masculine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter M/m” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom, dans les ouvrages de terrassements, des profils qui sont faits de distance en distance, soit en déblai…”.
What does emme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter M/m.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom, dans les ouvrages de terrassements, des profils qui sont faits de distance en distance, soit en déblai ou tranchée, soit en remblai, pour déterminer la forme que l’on veut donner à une digue, à une chaussée, à un rempart. – (Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle)
noun: 1. Lettre latine M, m.
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 emme
- emmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emme?
- /ɛm/
- \ɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emme in French?
emme appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).