faine
French, noun
faine is spelled F-A-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faine is a French feminine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of faîne” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, faîne is a different word: “fruit of the beech tree; beechnut, beech mast”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du hêtre”.
What does faine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of faîne
noun
- 1
femininefruit of the beech tree; beechnut, beech mast
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du hêtre.
noun: 1. Fruit du hêtre.
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 faine
- faines plural
- faînes plural
- faine alternative
- faîne
- fêne
- fouine dialectal
- faigne dialectal
- faiène dialectal
- faième dialectal
- fuine dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to faine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faine in French?
faine appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).