grain
French, noun/ɡʁɛ̃/
grain is spelled G-R-A-I-N (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,605th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grain is a French masculine noun meaning “grain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit et semence des céréales contenu dans l’épi”.
What does grain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrain
- 2
masculinea small amount, a bit
noun
- 1
masculinesquall, thunderstorm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit et semence des céréales contenu dans l’épi. 2. Ce qu’on sème pour la reproduction des céréales. 3. Fruit de certaines plantes et de certains arbrisseaux. 4. Sous les tropiques, désigne les légumes secs (haricots rouges ou blancs, lentilles…).
adverb: 1. Pas. Utilisé avec ne pour négation.
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 grain
- grains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grain?
- /ɡʁɛ̃/
- \ɡʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grain in French?
grain appears 10 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).