hareng
French, noun/a.ʁɑ̃/
hareng is spelled H-A-R-E-N-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hareng is a French masculine noun meaning “herring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson de la famille des clupéidés d’à peu près 25 cm de long, au corps fin et pourvu d’une petite bouche…”.
What does hareng mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherring
- 2
informalmasculinepimp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson de la famille des clupéidés d’à peu près 25 cm de long, au corps fin et pourvu d’une petite bouche, au corps bleuté sur le dessus et argenté en-dessous, qui ne se pêche que dans l’océan et en certaines saisons de l’année, où il arrive par bancs. 2. Proxénète.
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 hareng
- harengs plural
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hareng?
- /a.ʁɑ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\
- [a.ʁɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hareng
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hareng in French?
hareng appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).