fenaison
French, noun/fə.nɛ.zɔ̃/
fenaison is spelled F-E-N-A-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fenaison is a French feminine noun meaning “haymaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de faner l’herbe d’un pré après l’avoir fauchée dans le but de la récolter en foin”.
What does fenaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaymaking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de faner l’herbe d’un pré après l’avoir fauchée dans le but de la récolter en foin. 2. Époque à laquelle on fait les foins.
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 fenaison
- fenaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fenaison?
- /fə.nɛ.zɔ̃/
- /fə.ne.zɔ̃/
- \fə.nɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fenaison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fenaison in French?
fenaison appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).