frêne
French, noun/fʁɛn/
frêne is spelled F-R-Ê-N-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frêne is a French masculine noun meaning “ash tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre (Fraxinus) d’arbres forestiers de la famille des oléacées, surtout des forêts tempérées, aux feuilles…”.
What does frêne mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineash tree
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre (Fraxinus) d’arbres forestiers de la famille des oléacées, surtout des forêts tempérées, aux feuilles composées, et aux grappes de samares simples surnommées localement « langues d’oiseau ». 2. Frêne élevé (Fraxinus excelsior), arbre au bois très utilisé dans l’industrie, notamment en manchisterie. 3. Bois de cet arbre, dur et élastique.
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 frêne
- frênes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frêne?
- /fʁɛn/
- \fʁɛn\
- [fʁɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frêne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frêne in French?
frêne appears 1.1 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).