flanc
French, noun/flɑ̃/
flanc is spelled F-L-A-N-C (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flanc is a French masculine noun meaning “side (of person); side, flank (of animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes…”.
What does flanc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineside (of person); side, flank (of animal)
- 2
masculineflank
- 3
masculineside, slope (of mountain etc.)
- 4
masculineflaunch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des parties latérales du corps de l’homme ou des animaux, qui est depuis le défaut des côtes jusqu’aux hanches. 2. Partie qui va de la patte d’avant à la patte d’arrière, chez les quadrupèdes. 3. Ventre ou partie du ventre qui est comprise entre les deux flancs. 4. Côté de diverses choses.
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 flanc
- flancs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flanc?
- /flɑ̃/
- \flɑ̃\
- [flɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flanc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flanc in French?
flanc appears 7.2 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).