fange
French, noun/fɑ̃ʒ/
fange is spelled F-A-N-G-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fange is a French feminine noun meaning “filth, mire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bourbe ; boue”.
What does fange mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefilth, mire
- 2
femininefilth, baseness, debauchery
- 3
archaicfemininefen, swamp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bourbe ; boue. 2. État d’avilissement d’une personne qui vit dans la débauche, qui mène une conduite honteuse et déréglée, bassesse, abjection. 3. Dans le langage ascétique, il se dit des voluptés du monde par opposition à la vie dévote. 4. Pays marécageux.
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 fange
- fanges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fange?
- /fɑ̃ʒ/
- \fɑ̃ʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fange
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fange in French?
fange appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).