gâtine
French, noun/ɡa.tin/
gâtine is spelled G-Â-T-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gâtine is a French feminine noun meaning “wasteland; moor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terre marécageuse, en friche ou de faible rendement, difficile à cultiver”.
What does gâtine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewasteland; moor
- 2
feminineobsoletemarshy, waterproof and sterile ground
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terre marécageuse, en friche ou de faible rendement, difficile à cultiver.
noun: 1. Sorte de maladie du ver à soie.
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 gâtine
- gâtines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gâtine?
- /ɡa.tin/
- /ɡɑ.tin/
- \ɡɑ.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gâtine in French?
gâtine appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).