laitance
French, noun/lɛ.tɑ̃s/
laitance is spelled L-A-I-T-A-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laitance is a French feminine noun meaning “roe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sperme des poissons mâles formant une substance blanche et molle ressemblant à du lait caillé, qui peut se…”.
What does laitance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroe
- 2
femininelaitance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sperme des poissons mâles formant une substance blanche et molle ressemblant à du lait caillé, qui peut se cuisiner. 2. Lueur blanchâtre. 3. Mélange liquide d’eau, de ciment et de fines qui tend à remonter à la surface du béton lors de la prise et qui, après durcissement, forme une pellicule blanchâtre de faible résistance à la surface du béton.
adjective: 1. Chargé de sperme en parlant de poissons mâles.
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 laitance
- laitances plural
- laitancés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laitance?
- /lɛ.tɑ̃s/
- /le.tɑ̃s/
- \lɛ.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laitance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laitance in French?
laitance appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).