méninge
French, noun/me.nɛ̃ʒ/
méninge is spelled M-É-N-I-N-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méninge is a French feminine noun meaning “meninges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des trois membranes qui enveloppent le cerveau et qui se nomment la dure-mère, la pie-mère et…”.
What does méninge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeninges
se creuser les méninges
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des trois membranes qui enveloppent le cerveau et qui se nomment la dure-mère, la pie-mère et l’arachnoïde.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux méninges.
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 méninge
- méninges plural
- méningés plural masculine
- méningée singular feminine
- méningées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méninge?
- /me.nɛ̃ʒ/
- \me.nɛ̃ʒ\
- \me.nɛ̃.ʒe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méninge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méninge in French?
méninge 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).