lentille
French, noun/lɑ̃.tij/
lentille is spelled L-E-N-T-I-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lentille is a French feminine noun meaning “lens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Lens culinaris, plante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae), dont la graine…”.
What does lentille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelens
- 2
femininecontact lens
- 3
femininelentil (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Lens culinaris, plante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae), dont la graine, de forme caractéristique, petite, plate, ronde et amincie par les bords, est comestible. 2. Graine de cette plante, dont il existe de nombreuses variétés. 3. Tache rousse sur la peau, tache de rousseur, éphélide. 4. Poids ayant classiquement la forme d’une lentille, placé à l’extrémité du balancier d’une pendule.
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 lentille
- lentilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lentille?
- /lɑ̃.tij/
- \lɑ̃.tij\
- [lɑ̃.tij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lentille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lentille in French?
lentille appears 2.5 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).