glane
French, noun
glane is spelled G-L-A-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glane is a French feminine noun meaning “the act of gleaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of glaner. With an accent, glané is a different word: “past participle of glaner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont…”.
What does glane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe act of gleaning
noun
- 1
femininesheatfish, wels catfish
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of glaner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont liées. 2. Action de ramasser ces épis. 3. Droit de glaner dans un champ. 4. Petit faisceau de brins de paille liés ensemble ou tordus pour servir de soutien à quelque chose. Torche.
noun: 1. Silure glane (poisson).
adjective: 1. Trouvé, découvert, ramassé.
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 glane
- glanes plural
- glanée feminine
- glanés masculine plural
- glanées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is glane in French?
glane appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).