flamme
French, noun
flamme is spelled F-L-A-M-M-E (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flamme is a French feminine noun meaning “flame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of flammer. With an accent, flammé is a different word: “flamed”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lumière ascendante et mobile qui se dégage d’une matière qui brûle”.
What does flamme mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflame
C'est en flammes.
- 2
femininetalent, brilliance
- 3
femininestreamer (long, narrow flag)
noun
- 1
feminineveterinary lancet
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
flamed
verb
- 1
past participle of flammer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de l’éclat, de l’allant, en parlant d’une personne.
noun: 1. Lumière ascendante et mobile qui se dégage d’une matière qui brûle. 2. Sentiment, nature, talent où il y a de la chaleur et de la générosité. 3. Éclat vif et passager. 4. Amour.
noun: 1. Lancette servant autrefois à pratiquer des saignées. 2. Ciseau utilisé pour cliver le schiste dans les ardoisières.
adjective: 1. Qui est d’une teinte assez vive pour donner une idée de flamme. 2. Pourvu d’une flamme d’oblitération.
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 flamme
- flammes plural
- flammée feminine
- flammés masculine plural
- flammées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flamme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flamme in French?
flamme appears 9.8 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).