étang
French, noun/e.tɑ̃/
étang is spelled É-T-A-N-G (5 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étang is a French masculine noun meaning “pond (small lake, often shallow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand amas d’eau retenu par une chaussée naturelle ou artificielle”.
What does étang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepond (small lake, often shallow)
- 2
masculinelagoon (especially on the Mediterranean coast)
Étang de Thau
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand amas d’eau retenu par une chaussée naturelle ou artificielle.
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 étang
- étangs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étang?
- /e.tɑ̃/
- \e.tɑ̃\
- [etɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to étang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étang in French?
étang appears 5.1 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).