fines
French, noun/fin/
fines is spelled F-I-N-E-S (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fines is a French feminine noun meaning “plural of fine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine plural of fin. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Granulat composé d’éléments de très petites dimensions utilisé soit comme charge de remplissage pour…”.
What does fines mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine plural of fin
noun
- 1
feminineplural of fine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Granulat composé d’éléments de très petites dimensions utilisé soit comme charge de remplissage pour augmenter la compacité notamment d'un béton, d'un sol, soit comme constituant de certains liants hydrauliques. 2. Poussière ou minerai de granulométrie trop petite pour être employée. Pour le charbon et le coke, on préfère le terme poussier.
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 fines?
- /fin/
- \fin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fines in French?
fines appears 8.3 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).