faix
French, noun/fɛ/
faix is spelled F-A-I-X (4 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faix is a French masculine noun meaning “burden, heavy load” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Charge pesante”.
What does faix mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineburden, heavy load
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Charge pesante. 2. Bloc d'ardoise destiné à être fendu. 3. Tassement dû à la mise en compression, mise en charge, d'un ouvrage de maçonnerie.
noun: 1. Cordage bordant le haut d'une voile et servant à l'enverguer.
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.
How do you pronounce faix?
- /fɛ/
- \fɛ\
- \fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faix in French?
faix appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).