laine
French, noun/lɛn/
laine is spelled L-A-I-N-E (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laine is a French feminine noun meaning “wool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poil long, assez fin et doux, qui croît sur la peau des moutons et de quelques autres mammifères herbivores…”.
What does laine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewool
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poil long, assez fin et doux, qui croît sur la peau des moutons et de quelques autres mammifères herbivores comme les lapins angora, les chèvres mohair ou cachemire et les lamas. 2. Fil obtenu à partir de ce poil pour être tissé, tricoté. 3. Vêtement obtenu à partir de ce fil et qui tient chaud. 4. Poil long qui recouvre certaines parties de plantes.
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 laine
- laines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laine?
- /lɛn/
- \lɛn\
- [lɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laine in French?
laine 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).