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lainier

French, noun\lɛ.nje\

lainier is spelled L-A-I-N-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lainier is a French masculine noun meaning “wool manufacturer, trader etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrier en laine”.

What does lainier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinewool manufacturer, trader etc.

adjective

  1. 1

    wool

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à la laine, aux laineries.

noun: 1. Marchand qui vend des laines en gros, en écheveau, etc. 2. Ouvrier en laine.

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 lainier

  • lainiers plural
  • lainière feminine
  • lainières feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce lainier?

  • \lɛ.nje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is lainier in French?

lainier appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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