légine
French, noun/le.ʒin/
légine is spelled L-É-G-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Légine is a French feminine noun meaning “toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de poisson carnassier des mers australes”.
What does légine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de poisson carnassier des mers australes.
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 légine
- légines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce légine?
- /le.ʒin/
- \le.ʒin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is légine in French?
légine appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).