foin
French, noun/fwɛ̃/
foin is spelled F-O-I-N (4 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foin is a French masculine noun meaning “hay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Herbe fauchée et séchée qui sert principalement à la nourriture des chevaux et des bestiaux”.
What does foin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehay
interjection
- 1
datedUsed to express disdain [with de ‘of someone/something’].
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Herbe fauchée et séchée qui sert principalement à la nourriture des chevaux et des bestiaux. 2. Herbe sèche avant qu’elle soit fauchée. 3. Ensemble des fleurons tubulaires du capitule (fond) immature de l’artichaut. 4. Fenaison.
interjection: 1. Marque l’impatience, le dédain, le mépris.
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 foin
- foins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foin?
- /fwɛ̃/
- \fwɛ̃\
- [lə fwɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foin in French?
foin appears 3.9 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).