levantine
French, noun
levantine is spelled L-E-V-A-N-T-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levantine is a French feminine noun meaning “silk fabric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of levantin. With a capital, Levantine is a different word: “female equivalent of Levantin”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoffe en soie unie”.
What does levantine mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininesilk fabric
- 2
femininea type of dagger
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of levantin
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Levantin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe en soie unie. 2. Dague en usage du XVᵉ au XVIᵉ siècle, dont le pommeau était divisé en deux ailes, d’où son surnom dague à oreilles.
noun: 1. Femme originaire des côtes de la Méditerranée orientale, le Levant.
noun: 1. Habitante de la Léventine.
noun: 1. Tissu de soie sergé.
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 levantine
- levantines plural
- Levantines plural
- Levantin masculine
- Lévantines plural
- Lévantin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is levantine in French?
levantine appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).