fretin
French, noun/fʁə.tɛ̃/
fretin is spelled F-R-E-T-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fretin is a French masculine noun meaning “fry (young fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poissons de petite taille, sans intérêt pour le pêcheur”.
What does fretin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefry (young fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poissons de petite taille, sans intérêt pour le pêcheur. 2. Personnes ou choses de peu de valeur, peu considérées.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Fretigney-et-Velloreille, commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Saône.
noun: 1. Habitant de Fretigney-et-Velloreille, commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Saône.
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 fretin
- fretins plural
- fretine singular feminine
- fretines plural feminine
- Fretins plural
- Fretine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fretin?
- /fʁə.tɛ̃/
- \fʁə.tɛ̃\
- [fʁə.tɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fretin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fretin in French?
fretin appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).