entrain
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃/
entrain is spelled E-N-T-R-A-I-N (7 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrain is a French masculine noun meaning “spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ardeur à faire quelque chose, gaieté naturelle et communicative ; bonne humeur ; vivacité, fougue”.
What does entrain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ardeur à faire quelque chose, gaieté naturelle et communicative ; bonne humeur ; vivacité, fougue.
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 entrain
- entrains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrain?
- /ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃/
- \ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃\
- [ɑ̃t.ʁɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entrain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entrain in French?
entrain appears 7.6 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).