engrain
French, noun/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ̃/
engrain is spelled E-N-G-R-A-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engrain is a French masculine noun meaning “einkorn wheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de petit épeautre, Triticum monococcum ^([1]) ^([2])”.
What does engrain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeinkorn wheat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de petit épeautre, Triticum monococcum ^([1]) ^([2]). 2. Tabac qui, ayant déjà subi une première trituration, a besoin d’une deuxième, avant de passer au tamis ^([1]). 3. Graines de céréales que l’on garde pour les semer l’année suivante.
noun: 1. Biseau que l'on fait sur la face inférieure de la meule tournante de façon à ce que les grains puissent passer entre les deux meules.
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 engrain
- engrains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engrain?
- /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engrain in French?
engrain appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).