fente
French, noun/fɑ̃t/
fente is spelled F-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fente is a French feminine noun meaning “cleft, fissure, crack (in rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Division en long pratiquée à un corps, à une masse quelconque”.
What does fente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecleft, fissure, crack (in rock)
- 2
femininesplit, crack (in wood)
- 3
feminineslit, slot
- 4
feminineslit (in skirt), vent (in jacket etc.)
- 5
femininefissure
- 6
femininelunge
- 7
feminineslangvulgarcrack, slit (vulva)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Division en long pratiquée à un corps, à une masse quelconque. 2. Petite ouverture en long. 3. Type de greffe des arbres 4. État du bois qui se fend spontanément.
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 fente
- fentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fente?
- /fɑ̃t/
- \fɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fente in French?
fente appears 1.9 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).