marne
French, noun
marne is spelled M-A-R-N-E (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marne is a French feminine noun meaning “marl (mixed earthy substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of marner. With an accent, marné is a different word: “past participle of marner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roche sédimentaire, mélange de calcite (CaCO₃) et d'argile dans des proportions à peu près équivalentes…”.
What does marne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarl (mixed earthy substance)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of marner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roche sédimentaire, mélange de calcite (CaCO₃) et d'argile dans des proportions à peu près équivalentes variant de 35 % à 65 % (autre notation : (50 ± 15) %).
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 marne
- marnes plural
- marnée feminine
- marnés masculine plural
- marnées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marne in French?
marne appears 17 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).